ROSSELLINO, Antonio
(b. 1427, Settignano, d. 1479, Firenze)

Madonna and Child with Angels

1455-60
Marble, 54 x 73 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Florentine sculptors of Antonio Rosselino's generation - the Rossellino brothers, Desiderio da Settignano and Mino da Fiesole - refined and varied the format of this revered and popular subject.

The relief is called the Altman Madonna after the American collector's bequest to the museum.