The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
pine & metal
Measurements
125 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 292616.2
Summary
Pine, tondo with the Madonna and Child and St John the Baptist, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, FRS (1797-1875) after the Pitti Tondo by Michelangelo (Bargello, Florence). The reverse inscribed in pen and ink 'Carved by the late Sir J.G.Wilkinson and part of his bequest to Calke Abbey November 1881 JC'. With hanging ring at top. See also NT 288732.
Marks and inscriptions
Carved by the late Sir J.G. Wilkinson and part of his bequest to Calke Abbey November 1881 JC (on reverse)
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875), carver