Virgin and Child
by DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO, Marble, 59 x 43 cm
Several works have been attributed to Desiderio on the grounds of their similarity to the Marsuppini tomb. The marble relief of the Virgin and Child, known as the Foulc Madonna in Philadelphia, originally from the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova, Florence, is close to the tondo of the Virgin and Child on the tomb. The low relief is, in terms of composition and expressive power, one of Desiderio’s best works.