Madonna and Child

The Virgin Mary is portrayed wrapped in a heavy shawl with the unclothed Child on her lap. The high quality of the work is reflected in the perfect harmony of the formal and emotional elements: the mother’s reserve and her absorption in thoughts of the fate of her child. The work is attributed to an anonymous but excellent sculptor who was evidently familiar with Donatello’s work in Padua in the mid-fifteenth century. (Edvilijo Gardina)

1462-64
Renaissance Tuscan sculpture
Provenance: Loggia, Koper
h1120 mm
Polychrome terracotta