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Maquette Madonna and Child
Purchased 1945
actions: postures and motions
adults
baby
Bible: New Testament
children
Christ
family
mother
people
religion and belief
sitting
society
son
Virgin Mary
woman
<p>The mother and child had been a major theme in Moore's work since the 1920s. Yet when the vicar of the Church of  St Matthew, Northampton, invited Moore to make a sculpture of the Madonna and Child for the church, he was reluctant  to accept. He felt unsure how to adapt his secular interests to the Christian tradition.</p><p>These bronzes are casts of the original terracotta models he made for the project. They are unusually naturalistic and steeped in references to religious art of the Renaissance. This suggests Moore was trying to produce a sculpture that people would find both modern and familiar.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze
5 August 2002 – 13 April 2003
2003-04-13
5 August 2002 – 13 April 2003
2003-04-13
2002-08-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-05
Henry Moore in the 1940s
Collection based display
19 December 2003 – 31 May 2004
2004-05-31
12 December 2003 – 31 May 2004
2004-05-31
2003-12-12
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2003-12-19
The Shape of Ideas
Collection based display
16 May 2005 – 29 January 2006
2006-01-29
16 May 2005 – 29 January 2006
2006-01-29
2005-05-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-05-16
Sculpture 1933-1945
Collection based display
1 June 2005 – 31 August 2005
2005-08-31
1 June 2005 – 31 August 2005
2005-08-31
2005-06-01
Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
1 October 2005 – 1 March 2006
2006-03-01
2005-10-01
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey  (Monterrey, Mexico)
http://www.marco.org.mx
2005-06-01
Henry Moore and Mexico
Loan-out
29 January 2015 – 25 May 2015
2015-05-25
29 January 2015 – 25 May 2015
2015-05-25
2015-01-29
Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern, Switzerland)
http://www.zpk.org
2015-01-29
Henry Moore from the Tate
Loan-out
24 September 2015 – 30 November 2017
2017-11-30
24 September 2015 – 10 January 2016
2016-01-10
2015-09-24
Museo Nazionale Romano - Baths of Diocletian (Rome, Italy)
11 November 2016 – 19 March 2017
2017-03-19
2016-11-11
LWL-Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Westfälisches (Munster, Germany)
http://landesmuseum.lwl.org
2015-09-24
Henry Moore
Tate partnerships & programmes
Maquette for Madonna and Child
object: 184 × 89 × 76 mm
Purchased 1945
<p>
The mother and child had been a major theme in Moore's work since the 1920s. Yet when the vicar of the Church of <br/>
St Matthew, Northampton, invited Moore to make a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> of the Madonna and Child for the church, he was reluctant <br/>
to accept. He felt unsure how to adapt his secular interests to the Christian tradition.</p>
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These <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/metal" title="Glossary definition for 'Metal'"><span>bronzes</span></a> are casts of the original terracotta models he made for the project. They are unusually naturalistic and steeped in references to religious art of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/renaissance" title="Glossary definition for 'Renaissance'"><span>Renaissance</span></a>. This suggests Moore was trying to produce a sculpture that people would find both modern and familiar.</p>
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