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It is known as the <i>Verona Madonna</i>, after a version in stucco (formerly pigmented) on the outside of a house at the corner of the Vicolo delle Fogge in Verona. The surviving casts depend from a model by Donatello that is likely to have been produced during his stay at Padua, probably between 1447 and 1453. The weathered condition of this relief suggests that it was also a street Madonna. The model was probably designed specifically for reproduction, and examples survive in terracotta and other materials, as well as stucco as seen here. Some have been naturalistically painted. ","physicalDescription":"The Virgin and Child, relief in stucco (cast).  The Virgin is shown in half-length facing to the right. She wraps the Child's head in her cloak with her left hand, and rests her right hand on his thigh. His head is against her cheek.  The surface of the relief is substantially abraded.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Donatello","id":"A1979"},"association":{"text":"after","id":"THES283471"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"stucco","id":"AAT14966"}],"techniques":[{"text":"cast","id":"x32615"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stucco","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006BB2664","2017JX8471"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"64A","id":"THES49095"},"free":"","case":"WN","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Relief","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Padua","id":"x29504"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":"probably made in Padua"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1450-1475","earliest":"1450-01-01","latest":"1475-12-31"},"association":{"text":"cast","id":"x32615"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Dr W. 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It is thought to have been designed by Donatello during his stay in Padua, probably between 1447 and 1453, and was perhaps intended specifically for reproduction.  It was a very popular design in the fifteenth century and numerous copies of this relief survive (with slight variations) in terracotta, stucco, and wood. \r\n\r\nThe V&A relief is identical to the one in Verona, and has a weathered surface, suggesting that it too was originally a street madonna.  They are both made from stucco which was a durable but relatively cheap material; the casts could be made in large numbers and were often painted.  \r\n\r\n'Street madonnas' like this were devotional objects but were also thought to offer protection to the neighbourhoods over which they looked.  Many remain in Italian cities, and new ones continue to be put up today.","briefDescription":"Relief, 'The Virgin and Child (<i>Verona Madonna</i>)', relief in stucco, formerly polychromed, after Donatello, Italy, probably Padua, 1450-1475","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Motture, Peta, ed., <u>Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance</u>, London: V&A Publishing, 2023.","id":"AUTH394323"},"details":"pp. 172-173, cat. 2.23B, entry by Marc Bormand,","free":"Attribution: After Donatello"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Trusted, Marjorie. <u>The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European Sculpture.</u> London. 2007. p.156, pl. 301."},{"reference":{"text":"Curtis, Penelope, <i>Depth of Field: the place of relief in the time of Donatello</i>, Leeds: Henry Moore Institute, 2004","id":"AUTH348292"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kokole, S. 'Zu Madonnenreliefs des Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino' in <u>Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz.</u> XXXVII. 1993. 2/3. note 20. p.219."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Anthony Radcliffe in Anthony Radcliffe, Malcolm Baker and Michael Maek-Gérard, <u>The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance and later sculpture with works of art in bronze</u>.  London 1992, cat. 1, pp. 48-53"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Anna Jolly.  <u>Madonnas by Donatello and his Circle</u>.  PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992.  pp. 24, 25, 42, 63-4, cat. 28.5, pp. 104-108, 113, 121,123,pl. 51.  Published, as <u>Madonnas by Donatello and his Circle</u>, Frankfurt am Maim, 1998."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Boucher, Bruce. <u>The Sculpture of Jacopa Sansorino.</u> New Haven and London. 1991. p.100, pl., 236."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ronald G. Kecks, <u>Madonna und Kind: Das häusliche Andachstbild im Florenz des 15. Jahrhunderts</u>.  Berlin 1988, p. 92, pl. 38."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Pope-Hennessy, John, assisted by Lightbown, Ronald.  <u>A Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>.  London: HMSO, 1964.  Vol I, cat. 69, pp. 84-6; vol. 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