Bidspirit auction | Andrea Contucci Sansovino (Monte San

Andrea Contucci Sansovino (Monte San Savino - Monte San Savino, 1529) School of - Bronze plaque with gilded background, hole at the top; 133.7 x 92.5 mm; 408.6 g. The Virgin with halo is seated and holds the Baby Jesus with a halo of rays to her chest; on the left, Saint John the Baptist with a processional cross leans on the Virgin. Casting hole under the base. Splendid contemporary fusion. Ref. Rossi F. coll. Scaglia 2011, pp. 365\366 variant A prototype type; Cannata 1982 n. 64; Wixom 1975, n. 103.