LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gilt and polychromed terracotta

Measurements:

48.62 in. (123.50 cm.) (height)

Literature:

J. Pope-Hennessy, Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1964, vol. I, pp. 65-58, nos. 56-57, vol. III, pls. 68-69; A. Galli, ‘Michele da Firenze. Problemi dell’ attivita’, Prospettiva, 68, 1992, pp. 13-29, figs. 1-2; G. Gentilini, 'Michele di Firenze, San Leonardo', G. Romano (ed.), Da Biduino ad Algardi: pittura e scultura a confronto, Turin, 1990, pp. 25-38

Provenance:

Carel Welker, London, before 1939; and thence by family descent to the present owner