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In the centre of the foreground there is an open book with an illegible inscription. In the upper corners of the relief there are two winged cherub heads and a large cherub head appears below. \r\n\r\nVersions of this composition with a cherub head below are not uncommon.","physicalDescription":"The Virgin, turned to the left holds the Child in arms. He lifts his right hand to bless the young St John who is seen in profile in half-length on the left. In the centre foreground is an open book. The upper corners of the relief contain two cherubs heads and a large cherub head appears below. The relief is recessed with a border.\r\nThere are remains of blue paint in the background, which may be original.  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Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices.</u> London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1892. pp. 132"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Pope Hennessey, John. <u>Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum.</u> London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964. pp.162, cat. no. 137"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Kecks, Ronald G. <u>Madonna und Kind. Das häusliche Andachtsbild in Florenz des 15. Jahrhunderts.</u> berlin. 1988. pp. 140, pl. 50a."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"cf. <u>Catalogue of a Collection of Italian Sculpture and other Plastic Art of the Renaissance.</u> 1913. 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