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Attributed to Francesco Marti (Lucca, 1458-1533/42), The Virgin and Child, bronze-gilt silhouetted plaquette, full length image of the Virgin wearing heavy robes and veiled, holding the Christ Child in her arms; her halo separately applied to the back of the cast, 130.5 x 46mm (Scaglia II.18, variant A; cf. Molinier 532; Bange 349; Kress 82, fig. 150; Warren, Ashmolean, 287; Bargello 137; Planiscig (1924) 405-407), pierced near the base, a very fine contemporary cast, four casting sprues on the reverse, with some wear to the gilding Ex Alain Edrei (1931-2021) collection, Paris [inventory number 161 in red on reverse as well as an old label inscribed "V. Lowenfeld 73 M.532 40F"]; ex Seymour de Ricci collection, Beaussant Lefèvre, Paris, 24 March 2010, lot 59. Several versions of this silhouetted plaquette are known, with or without the halo and sometimes with the Virgin standing on a crescent moon.

Estimate: 3000 - 4000 GBP