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Madone à l'Enfant avec des anges

ca. 1455–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 604
Le Florentin Antonio Rossellino fut l’un des sculpteurs sur marbre les plus doués de sa génération, aux côtés de Mino da Fiesole et de Desiderio da Settignano. Ce relief poignant, destiné à la piété domestique, est l’une de ses premières œuvres. La Vierge est assise sur un trône au décor raffiné, dont les bras se terminent en volutes sculptées en haut-relief. Comme l’Enfant Jésus qu’elle tient, la Vierge paraît étrangement atone, songeant peut-être aux souffrances à venir du Christ. La caresse protectrice qu’elle lui prodigue de la main gauche est particulièrement touchante. L’arrière-plan foisonne de détails multiples : ailes spiralées des anges en mouvement, traînée horizontale de nuages légers, trône ornementé et rehauts d’or.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Madone à l'Enfant avec des anges
  • Artiste: Antonio Rossellino, Italien, 1427–1479
  • Date: v. 1455–1460
  • Technique: Marbre rehaussé d'or
  • Dimensions: 73,3 x 53,7 cm
  • Crédits: Legs de Benjamin Altman, 1913
  • Accession Number: 14.40.675
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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