Type: Limited edition prints
Size: 48cm x 33cm
Tirage: 50 copies
A pencil drawing of a bronze group of the Virgin and Child.
Made by sculptor Alessandro Algardi ca 1650, 48.7 cm high.
This group has been extremely popular, as is evident by the number of extent versions in bronze, sliver, terracotta and wood. Algardi excelled in designing small-scale sculpture to be cast in metal. The delicate features of the Virgin and the Child, the careful arrangement of the cloak and the gracefully balanced composition are hallmarks of the artist. The model is known in several bronze versions. A marvelous silvered and gilt one is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Alessandro Algardi (November 27, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the major rivals of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
