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Source Description
The Madonna, seated amid clouds, clasps her hands as she adores the Infant Christ. Her feet rest on a four-winged cherubim's head.The composition is based on the popular devotional image, the miraculous Madonna della Ghiara. A drawing, dated 1565, based upon an earlier image of the Madonna, and a painting by Lelio Orsi are in the Tempio della Madonna della Ghiara in Reggio Emilia. The earlier image was repainted in 1593 according to Orsi's composition, to which the ivory carver has added a cherubim. This piece belongs to a group of provincial, late Baroque ivories that may have been intended to be applied to the bases of crucifixes.The Walters ivory was previously exhibitied as Saint Clara in Ecstasy.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
146
label
Madonna Adoring the Child
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obj
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sculpture
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1
Source metadata
id
146
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Madonna Adoring the Child
description
The Madonna, seated amid clouds, clasps her hands as she adores the Infant Christ. Her feet rest on a four-winged cherubim's head.The composition is based on the popular devotional image, the miraculous Madonna della Ghiara. A drawing, dated 1565, based upon an earlier image of the Madonna, and a painting by Lelio Orsi are in the Tempio della Madonna della Ghiara in Reggio Emilia. The earlier image was repainted in 1593 according to Orsi's composition, to which the ivory carver has added a cherubim. This piece belongs to a group of provincial, late Baroque ivories that may have been intended to be applied to the bases of crucifixes.The Walters ivory was previously exhibitied as Saint Clara in Ecstasy.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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reliefs
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
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cm
width
6.3
height
4.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/2 x W: 1 11/16 in. (6.3 x 4.3 cm); H with frame: 3 7/8 x W: 3 3/8 in. (9.9 x 8.6 cm)
Source extras
med
ivory, red velvet ground, tortoiseshell frame, copper-gilt mounts
creator_ids
6200
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
386
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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