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Maquette Madonna and Child
Purchased 1945
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
baby
Bible: New Testament
boy
children
Christ
embracing
family
mother and child
people
religion and belief
sitting
society
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 St Matthew, Northampton, invited Moore to make a sculpture of the Madonna and Child, he was reluctant to accept. He felt unsure how to adapt his secular interests to the Christian tradition. These bronzes are casts of the original terracotta models he made for the project. They are unusually naturalistic and steeped in references to Renaissance religious art. This suggests Moore was trying to produce a sculpture that people would find both modern and familiar.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2016</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
1 July 2006 – 24 September 2006
2006-09-24
1 July 2006 – 24 September 2006
2006-09-24
2006-07-01
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2006-07-01
Collection Displays 2004
Loan-out
16 September 2009 – 5 December 2009
2009-12-05
16 September 2009 – 5 December 2009
2009-12-05
2009-09-16
Graves Art Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/graves.asp
2009-09-16
A picture of us? Identity in British art
Loan-out
13 May 2013 – 7 April 2019
2019-04-07
13 May 2013 – 7 April 2019
2019-04-07
2013-05-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-05-13
Gallery 31
Collection based display
19 December 2022
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-12-19
Gallery 37
Collection based display
Maquette for Madonna and Child
object: 146 × 54 × 67 mm
Purchased 1945
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