VENANZO CROCETTI (Giulianova 1913 - Rome 2003) Madonna... Lot 25

VENANZO CROCETTI (Giulianova 1913 - Rome 2003) Madonna and Child, c. 1939. Bronze sculpture, 38 x 19 x 17 cm. Signed on the throne, at the back Wooden and red velvet base ORIGIN Formerly the collection Avv. Carlo Castria, Rome Private collection, Rome Reminiscent of fifteenth-century altarpieces, this beautiful sculpture depicting the enthroned Virgin holding the infant Jesus in blessing on her lap is the model for a sculpture in Carrara marble between bronze angels placed in the lunette above the central doorway of the façade of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Segezia, a sacred complex built between 1938 and 1942 BIBLIOGRAPHY T. D'Acchille, The sacred art of Venanzo Crocetti, in The door of Venanzo Crocetti in the Vatican Basilica, Historical and Artistic Museum of St. Peter's, Archivium Sancti Petri, 20, E.C. Vaticano, Rome 2013, pp. 18-20