ID 770967
Lot 17 | THE NATIVITY
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
AFTER DONATELLO (1386-1466) OR LORENZO GHIBERTI (1378-1455), ITALIAN, PROBABLY FIRST HALF 15TH CENTURY, THE FRAME PROBABLY THE SAME DATE
gilt and polychrome terracotta, gilt and polychrome wood frame
18 1⁄4 x 14 in. (46.4 x 35.6 cm.) the relief
40 x 22 in. (101.6 x 55.9 cm.) the frame
Provenance
Private collection, Italy, by 2007.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 February 2018, lot 260.
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
Literature
Masterpieces of Art: Five Centuries of Painting and Sculpture, Salander O’Reilly Galleries in association with Whitfield Fine Art, New York, 17 October 2007-1 February 2008, no. 1.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Il museo Bardini a Firenze, Milan, 1984-6, vol. 2, p. 244, fig. 207.
A. Darr, Donatello e i suoi: Scultura fiorentina del primo Rinascimento, Detroit, 1986, pp. 128-130.
A. Moskowitz, Nicola & Giovanni Pisano: The Pulpits, London, 2005, p. 81, 105.
| Artist: | Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello, 1386 - 1466) Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Artist: | Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello, 1386 - 1466) Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Terracotta |
| Art style: | Renaissance |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
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