After Donatello?..Virgin and Child (called the Madonna di via Pietrapiana)..Painted and gilt terracotta.69 x 56 cm (without frame).The frame was not originally with the sculpture; it dates from the mid 15th-century (in the style of Michelozzo according to Schottmüller 1933). Inscription on the base: AVE.MARIA.GRATIA.PLENA.DOMINUS.TECUM...Berlin, Staatliche Museen, Skulpturensammlung, Inv. SKS 2431..Bode-Museum, on view...Provenance.Berlin, Skulpturensammlung/Altes Museum (1899-1904); Berlin, Skulpturensammlung/Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum (1904-1939); Berlin, storage (1939-1945); Soviet Union, secret storage (1945/46-1958); East Berlin, Skulpturensammlung/Bode-Museum (1958-1990); Berlin, Skulpturensammlung/Bode-Museum (1990-present)...Acquisition.Acquired in 1899. Anonymous gift (Prince Liechtenstein?)...Restoration.1995 (photograph of the reverse in the restoration files of the Bode-Museum)...Other Versions.• London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Inv. 7412-1860. Stucco, 84 x 69.5 cm..• Scandicci, Pieve di San Giuliano a Settimo. Terracotta, 70 x 53 cm..• Private collection. Formerly Florence, via Pietrapiana. Terracotta, 84 x 68 cm..• Formerly New York, Dr. Preston P. Satterwhite. Terracotta, 129.5 x 66 cm..• Formerly Pieve di San Giuliano a Settimo..• Formerly Vienna, C. Castiglioni (his sale, Vienna, 1930, n°84). Stucco, 112 x 88 cm (with the frame)...Comment.The relief in terracotta is limited to the Virgin and Child, their haloes, and the faldstool of the Madonna, all painted with pastel colors; the background of the relief, and the frame in an antique style, with the frieze decorated with cherubs and garlands and the gable with God the father, did not originally belong with the Madonna. The seated Virgin is holding her son tightly in her hands, pressing his body against hers, while her face approaches his. All wrapped in swaddling clothes, Jesus has gotten his right arm loose from his bandages; he brings his fingers to his mouth. This is an intimate vis