The Madonna and the Child

This marble relief depicts the Virgin and the Child, which was a very popular theme for the reliefs during the Renaissance. This composition is thought to be based on a design by Florentine artist Andrea del Verrocchio, which was widely imitated in marble and terracotta. A few marble reliefs close in style to this one have recently been attributed to a Florentine sculptor called Matteo del Pollaiolo, whose brother Simone was an architect, and whose cousins Antonia and Piero Pollaiolo ran a highly successful workshop这件大理石浮雕刻画了圣母子形象，而圣母子题材在文艺复兴（Renaissance）时期的浮雕创作中极为流行。该作品的构图被认为源自佛罗伦萨艺术家安德烈亚·德尔·韦罗基奥（Andrea del Verrocchio）的设计，这一设计在大理石与赤陶（terracotta）创作中被广泛效仿。近期有几件风格与该作品相近的大理石浮雕被归为佛罗伦萨雕塑家马泰奥·德尔·波拉约洛（Matteo del Pollaiolo）所作；其兄西蒙尼为建筑师，表亲安东尼奥与皮耶罗·波拉约洛则经营着一家极为成功的工坊。