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Pax with the Virgin and Child

model ca. 1475–1500 (cast 16th century)
Not on view
This pax portrays the Virgin and Child surrounded by four angels and eleven amorini holding garlands in an all’antica architectural structure. Many versions are known, including those in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Diocesan Museum, Pienza [mounted as a pax]). It has been ascribed to a Ferrarese artist, influenced by Cosmè Tura, as well as to the schools of Padua and Siena. This aftercast has some loss of detail and traces of wear.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pax with the Virgin and Child
  • Date: model ca. 1475–1500 (cast 16th century)
  • Culture: Italian, Ferrara
  • Medium: Copper alloy with olive green patina.
  • Dimensions: 13.2 x 8.7 cm, wt. 220.84 g.
  • Classification: Plaquettes
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1330
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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Alfonso II d'Este (1533–1597), Duke of Ferrara, Italian (Ferrarese) Painter Italian, Oil on canvas, Italian, Ferrara
Alfonso II d'Este (1533–1597), Duke of Ferrara
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late 16th century
American Liberty, Augustin Dupré French, Bronze, copper-brown patina, French
American Liberty
Medalist: Augustin Dupré
1782
Alfonso I d'Este (1476–1534), Duke of Ferrara, Italian (Ferrarese) Painter Italian, Oil on canvas, Italian, Ferrara
Alfonso I d'Este (1476–1534), Duke of Ferrara
Italian (Ferrarese) Painter
second quarter 16th century
Medusa mask, Severo Calzetta da Ravenna Italian, Copper alloy with warm brown patina and areas of a worn black patina on top.
Medusa mask
model attributed to Severo Calzetta da Ravenna
cast 16th century
Manuscript Illumination with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary, Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) Italian, Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian
Manuscript Illumination with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary
Attributed to Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)
1450–60

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