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A POLYCHROME GLAZED TERRACOTTA RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
Lot 203 PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION

A POLYCHROME GLAZED TERRACOTTA RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

STYLE OF ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA, ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY

Closed6 July 2012

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GBP 11,250

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A POLYCHROME GLAZED TERRACOTTA RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
STYLE OF ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA, ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Cast in sections and assembled on a modern shaped painted wood stand; minor chips, cracks and areas of coloured infill between the joints
52 in. (132 cm.) high; 75½ in. (191.7 cm.) high, overall

Specialist note

The present lot is comparable in style and composition to the work of Andrea Della Robbia in #irca 1500, (A. Marquand, Andrea Della Robbia And His Atelier, New York, 1972, I, fig. 237), although a recent thermoluminescence test has established that this is a 19th century cast.