Relief: Madonna and child with angels

This plaster cast of a marble relief of the Virgin and Child with angels is from the workshop of Agostino di Duccio. Agostino di Duccio (1418 – c. 1481) was an early Renaissance Italian sculptor. In 1446, he studied late Gothic sculpture in Venice and met Matteo de' Pasti, a fellow sculptor who called on him to execute the sculptural decoration of the Tempio Malatestiano in Rimini, where he stayed from 1449 to 1457. The decorations were supposed to be a sort of mediaeval encyclopedia, with reliefs of zodiacal and other allegorical and mythological figures.这件带有天使的圣母子大理石浮雕石膏翻模件，出自奥古斯丁·迪·杜乔（Agostino di Duccio）的工坊。奥古斯丁·迪·杜乔（Agostino di Duccio，1418年—约1481年）是意大利文艺复兴早期雕塑家。1446年，他于威尼斯研习晚期哥特式雕塑，并结识了雕塑家同行马泰奥·德·帕斯蒂（Matteo de' Pasti）。后者邀请他参与里米尼马拉泰斯塔教堂（Tempio Malatestiano）的雕塑装饰工程，他也于1449年至1457年间在此驻留。该装饰工程原计划打造一部中世纪百科全书式的作品，涵盖黄道十二宫、各类寓意形象与神话人物浮雕。