Huldschinsky Madonna
ArtistDonatello
Year1410–1415
CatalogueInv. 1940
MediumSculpture
MovementEarly Renaissance
SubjectMadonna and Child
Dimensions90 x 75 x 24 cm
LocationBode Museum, Berlin, Germany
OwnerStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung

The Huldschinsky Madonna is a terracotta sculpture from the beginning of the 15th century, most probably from around 1410–1415.[1][2][3] It is attributed to Donatello, an attribution based on the structure of the drapery, which is no longer simply a means of expression and decoration as in Gothic art but is instead more naturalistic and observed from life, following a strict dialogue with the anatomical forms beneath it and obeying the rules of gravity. The work's attention to detail such as the fringes on the clothing also recalls the artist's other works such as the marble David. The sculpture was formerly painted. It has been in the Bode Museum in Berlin (the Kaiser Friedrich Museum at the time of the work's accession) since being donated by Oscar Huldschinsky in 1892 in Florence, who himself never owned it.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Online catalogue, Inv. 1940, of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (with extensive description and bibliography by Neville Rowley in 2016).
  2. ^ Circa 1415 in Neville Rowley (ed.) with Francesco Caglioti, Laura Cavazzini and Aldo Galli (2022). Donatello. Erfinder der Renaissance. Leipzig. ISBN 978-3-86502-482-4.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), p. 134f. Also Caglioti (ed.) with Cavazzini, Galli and Rowley (2022). Donatello. The Renaissance. Venice. ISBN 979-12-5463-006-8.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), p. 130f.
  3. ^ 1410–1430 in (in Italian) Various authors, La collezione di sculture al Bode-Museum, Prestel, Munich, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7913-4260-3


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