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Benedetto And Santi Buglioni, Florence (workshop of)
Madonna and Child (c. 1500-1530)
earthenware
(a-b) 77.9 × 35.0 × 16.5 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1954
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Madonna and Child
(c. 1500-1530)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 77.9 × 35.0 × 16.5 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1954
Gallery location
16th & 17th Century Gallery - Painting and Sculpture
Mezzanine linked to Level 1, NGV International
About this work
It is believed that Benedetto Buglioni received early training by the great Florentine ceramicist Andrea della Robbia, from whom he learned the techniques of polychrome glazing. Buglioni opened his own workshop in Florence in the 1480s and established a thriving practice in the production of glazed terracotta sculptures. Intended for private devotion in a domestic setting, this sculpture was probably also considered to have talismanic properties.Contemporary thinkers espoused the belief that if a woman was within eyesight of a beautiful image during conception, she was more likely to give birth to a beautiful child.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Accession Number
1394.a-b-D4
Department
International Sculpture
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