Live Auction 22011Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part II
CIRCLE OF DONATELLO (FLORENCE 1386-1466)
Lot 131 Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection

CIRCLE OF DONATELLO (FLORENCE 1386-1466)

The Virgin Mary's hands

Closed10 November 2022

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USD 252,000

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CIRCLE OF DONATELLO (FLORENCE 1386-1466)
The Virgin Mary's hands
terracotta fragment; on a modern metal stand
8 1/2 x 6 x 2 3/4 in. (21.6 x 15.2 x 7 cm.)
Executed circa 1460

With Daniel Katz Ltd.,
where acquired by the present owner in 1998.

Specialist note

The composition of the present lot is after Donatello's Madonna di via Pietrapiana (dated to 1455-60).

The present lot is accompanied by a thermoluminescence test from Oxford Authentication dated 12 October 2022 stating the work was last fired between 400 to 600 years ago.