Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot and Jerome, ca. 1490

  • Galeazzo Mondella, called Moderno, Italian, 1467-1528

Gilded bronze

  • Overall: 4 3/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 3/8 inches (11.1 × 6.7 × 3.5 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Laura H. Murphy Fund

58.350

On View

  • Decorative Arts

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Inscribed, on back: SG SA | HOC OPUS MO | DERNI | C.C.

Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner Estate

1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Galeazzo Mondella, called Moderno, Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot and Jerome, ca. 1490, gilded bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Laura H. Murphy Fund, 58.350.