Madonna and Child
Artist
Desiderio da Settignano
Place
Florence, Italy
Date
Second half of the 1450s
Material
Painted terracotta
Dimensions
40 × 32 cm
Collection
The State Hermitage Museum
Provenance
From the A.K. Rudanovsky family collection.
Created in Florence during the second half of the 1450s, Madonna and Child is a painted terracotta work by Desiderio da Settignano.
The work later entered the collection of the State Hermitage Museum from the A.K. Rudanovsky family collection, forming part of the family’s documented connection with works now preserved in the museum.
