The Virgin and Child

The Virgin is shown seated with the Child on her left knee. She supports the Child with her left hand and with her right hand holds his right foot. This terracotta figure was made in Bologna in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. Her hair is plaited across the forehead, and her veil rests on the back of her head, leaving the ears exposed. Her cloak is joined on the breast by a clasp and cords with tassels, and below falls in rounded decorative folds. The Child's arms are raised.

The group is extensively damaged and the throne and base are modern.

The quality of the present group is low, and the International Gothic folds at the base of the cloak suggest it was produced by a Lombard or Emilian sculptor active in Bologna. No other work by the same hand has been identified.