# MASTER of the Piccolomini Madonna

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## Artist

- Profession: sculptor
- School: Italian

## Biography

Italian sculptor or group of sculptors. A number of reliefs of the Virgin and Child have been collected together under this name. All show the Virgin turned three-quarter face, standing behind a parapet upon which the Infant Christ reclines, raising his hand in benediction. Variations occur in the decoration of the parapet and the presence or absence of candelabra and putti&#39;s heads in the sky. In some examples the Virgin holds a cartouche. By the 1990s nine marble examples were known: Siena, Galleria Chigi-Saracini; Paris, Musée du Louvre \(2 pieces\); Pesaro, Museo Civico; Florence, Museo Bardini; London, Victoria and Albert Museum; Pianiga \(Padua\), parish church; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; and one in private collection.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-the-piccolomini-madonna-r7059e842783e51/madonna-and-child-r682e8e666426f4>)

## Attribution

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