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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Mother and Child (after Baptistery Door)

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Mother and Child (after Baptistery Door)
Mother and Child (after Baptistery Door)
Mother and Child (after Baptistery Door)

Mother and Child (after Baptistery Door)

Date1981
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 81(79)
Date Order NumberAG 81.076
Paperwhite lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 168 x 237 mm
Signature

ballpoint pen l.l. Moore, undated

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
More Information
Moore had received a copy of The Florence Baptistery Doors with an introduction by Lord (Kenneth) Clark and photographs by David Finn.  From these photographs he sketched several of the sculptures by Andrea Pisano and Lorenzo Ghiberti.  See also comments for HMF 80(255)

This drawing is based on Panel IV of the South Door of the Florence Baptistery, by Andrea Pisano.

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