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The article in two parts studies the terracotta Madonna with Child preserved at the Museum of Budapest and commonly attributed to Ghiberti or his atelier. The analysis focuses on a few details (the drapery, the Virgin’s face, the proportion, the…

According to G. Swarzenski, the bronze statuette of St. Christopher, preserved at the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, it is the work of art of someone associated with Ghiberti and Nanni di Banco, or it is based on an earlier lost model made by…

Catalogue file of a Madonna stucco owned by the Arciconfraternita della Misericordia of Florence. The author review all the theories about the mass production of this kind of relief in Quattrocento Florentine art; listing all the similar items known…

The article focuses on eight works of art made by Ghiberti (St. John the Baptist and St. Matthew statues at Orsanmichele), Donatello and Michelozzo, analyzing the proportions and ratios within their structure and in relation to the context. Thus, it…

The article lists eight works of art part of the Italian Renaissance sculpture collection of the Royal Ontario Museum; reporting on their possible attributions. Among them, there are two Madonna stuccoes similar to the ones that are usually…

Studying four Madonna with Child preserved in Venice, the author reviews/ retraces their various attributions, highlighting the discrepancies in Bode’s and Krautheimer’s theory (claiming that the common prototype was made by Ghiberti) as well as in…

Studying Jacopo della Quercia’s terracotta production, the author suggests that the great amount of busts representing the Madonna with the Child that are usually ascribed to Ghiberti’s workshop did not have a Ghiberti’s model as a prototype, but…

After comparing the conventional Madonna relief attributed to Ghiberti’s studio and the Caritas made by Bartolommeo Buon in 1427 for one of the capitals at the Ca d’oro in Venice, the author claims they share the same prototype, a Ghiberti’s relief…

Review of the pièce written and directed by L. Traft about the Baptistery doors to popularize the work of the early Renaissance artists, with an educational aim. The show is created for, produced and staged by high school and college students. For…

The article lists the early Quattrocento Florentine sculptures that could be found at the Detroit museum (Heil was then the curator of the european section) and in a few private collections in the city, most notably Edsel B. Ford’s and Valentiner’s…