Although the heads of both figures are missing, this work displays the powerful presence of fourteenth-century Italian sculpture in the skillful carving, the secure stance of the Madonna, and the graceful patterns of the drapery. The work is very similar to a Madonna and Child, now in Genoa, by Giovanni Pisano, among the foremost sculptors of this period. The small scale of the sculpture indicates that it was once either part of a larger ensemble or a private devotional image.

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