Virgin and Child by Giovanni di Balduccio in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 2009

European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Virgin and Child
Made in Italy, Europe

c. 1325

Giovanni di Balduccio, Italian (Pisa), documented 1317 - 1349

Carrara marble
8 3/4 x 14 3/16inches (22.2 x 36cm)

* Gallery 210, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Inv. 469
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Label:

This sculpture comes from the upper section of a tomb monument made for the son of the Pisan ruler Castruccio Castracani. Because the piece was some twenty feet high, the sculptor concentrated on the contours of the figures and their deeply cut drapery, and gave only minimal attention to details.

Text from: www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/153004.html