Madonna and Child with Angels

between 1335 and 1340

Agostino di Giovanni Italian, 1285-1348

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Title Madonna and Child with Angels

Artwork Date between 1335 and 1340

Artist Agostino di Giovanni

Life Dates 1285-1348

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Marble

Dimensions Overall: 30 × 37 3/16 × 2 1/2 inches (76.2 × 94.4 × 6.4 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 25.151

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Provenance

before 1868, John Temple Leader (Castello di Vincigliata, Vincigliata, Italy)

(Arturo Grassi, Florence, Italy)

1925-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Scott, L. The Castle of Vincigliata. Florence, 1897, pp. 104-105.

Valentiner, W.R. "Two Italian Renaissance Statues," Bulletin of the DIA 7, no. 3 (1925): pp. 26-28 (ill.).

Exhibition of Italian Gothic and Early Renaissance Sculptures. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1938, no. 7 (ill.) [unpaginated].

Ragghianti, C. "La Mostra di Scultura Italiana Antica a Detroit," Critica d'Arte 3 (August-December 1938): p. 170.

Masterpieces of Art Art in Memory of W.R. Valentiner. Exh. cat., North Carolina Museum of Art. Raleigh, April 6- May 17, 1959, p. 269 (ill.).

Scultura Dipinta: Maestri di Legname e Pittori a Siena, 1250-1450. Exh. cat., Pinacoteca Nazionale. Siena, July 16-December 31, 1987, pp. 52-55.

Gillerman, D., ed. Gothic Sculpture in America. Vol. I, The New England Museums. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989, cat. no. 207, p. 268.

Gentilini, G. and C. Sisi. La Scultura, Bozzetti in Terracotta, Piccoli Marmi e Altre Sculture dal XIV al XX Secolo. Siena, 1989, pp. 12-16.

Baldry, F. John Temple Leader e Il Castello di Vincigliata: Un Episodio di Restauro e di Collezionismo nella Firenze dell'Ottocento. Florence, 1997, pp. 148, 194, (fig. 54).

Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.]. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2002, 2 vols., I, cat. 32.

Bartalini, Roberto. Scultura Gotica in Toscana: Maestri, Monumenti, Cantieri del Due e Trecento, Bance Monte dei Paschi di Siena Spa. Milan, 2006, p. 374.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

workshop of Agostino di Giovanni, Madonna and Child with Angels, between 1335 and 1340, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 25.151.