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About the Artwork

Madonna and Child

16th century

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Spanish

Spanish

Stone with polychromy and gilding

Overall: 24 5/8 × 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (62.5 × 24.2 × 15.9 cm)

Sculpture

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Jacques Seligman and Company

25.217

This work is in the public domain.

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Provenance

(Jacques Seligman and Company, New York, New York, USA)

1925-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 7, no. 4 (1926): p. 41 (ill.).

Stratton, Suzanne L., ed. Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500-1800 in United States Collections. Exh. cat., The Spanish Institute. New York, 1994, p. 167 (ill.).

Gillerman, Dorothy. Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. II. The Museums of the Midwest. Belgium, 2001, p. 180, no. 137.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Spanish, Madonna and Child, 16th century, stone with polychromy and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jacques Seligman and Company, 25.217.

Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child