Sansovino Andrea Contucci (scuola di) SANSOVINO ANDREA CONTUCCI (SCUOLA DI) MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT JOHN 16th century

Rectangular gilt bronze cast; 133.1 x 93 mm; gr 208,8.
The Virgin with halo is sitting and holding to her chest Jesus Child with a rayed halo; on the left, Saint John the Baptist with a processional cross. In the background a broken arch, on the right architectural background; above clouds. Splendid coeval gilded fusion Rossi F. coll. Scaglia 2011, pp. 365366, as a prototype; Cannata 1982 n. 64; Banzato–Pellegrini 1989, pp. 7980. Ex Morton & Eden December 2005 lot 61;Ex Blumka Gallery, New York