The Virgin and Child (design for tondo)

Andrea Della Robbia (1435 - 1525)

Ashmolean Museum

1522 - 1524

Design for a glazed terra-cotta tondo of the Virgin and Child with St John and a nun. The reverse has a border of fruits and cherubs. On paper with an inscription: design for roundel commissioned by Alverto Serra of the Papal household.

• Medium: bistre over black chalk
• Dimensions: 41 x 29 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £462 ( Total: £462)
• ArtFunded in: 1936
• Vendor: Henry Oppenheimer

Provenance

Giancarlo Rossi, J P Heseltine

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