Lot 75: A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME STUCCO RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME STUCCO RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA DI LAZZARO CAVALCANTI, CALLED IL BUGGIANO (1412-1462), CIRCA 1435-1440 In a parcel-gilt polychrome carved wood tabernacle frame; with nine pastes set into a metal rosette on the Virgin's breast; inscribed 'AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS ISTE(?)..' on the lower border; iron suspension loop to the reverse 49½ in. (126.1 cm.) high, overall

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: U. Schlegel, 'Vier Madonnenreliefs des Andrea di Lazzaro Cavalcanti gennant Buggiano', Berliner Museen 12, no. 1, 1962, 4-9. F. de la Moureyre-Gavoty, Sculpture Italienne, Musée Jacquemart-André, 1975, no. 18. J. Pope-Hennessy, Luca della Robbia, 1980, no. 25. A. P. Darr, Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts, vol. 1, no. 53.

Ottmar Strauss (1878-1941), Cologne, by 1931. Sold at Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt, November 6-8, 1934, lot no. 29, purchaser unknown. Private Collection. London art market. Restituted to the heirs of Ottmar Strauss 2013.