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An image of Madonna by Bertram Mackennal

Bertram Mackennal

(Australia, England, France 12 Jun 1863–10 Oct 1931)

Title
Madonna
Other titles:
Virgin
Head of a saint
Year
(circa 1906)
Media category
Sculpture
Materials used
marble head
Dimensions

35.5 x 38.0 x 25.0cm

Signature & date
Signed back of base, incised "B MacKennal". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1926
Accession number
767
Location
19th c Australian art
Bibliography (4)

'Bertram Mackennal' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 24-26., Look May 2007, May 2007, 24 (colour illus., detail).

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Bertram Mackennal: the fifth Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Sydney, 2007, 6 (colour illus., detail), 49, 51 (colour illus.).

Bertram Mackennal: Catalogue raisonné 2007, 2007, (colour illus.). Artworks: Sculpture: 1900s

Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Domain, 1987. no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (5)

Exhibition of bronzes by Sir Bertram Mackennal K.C.V.O, Macquarie Galleries, 07 Oct 1926–20 Oct 1926.

Australian sculpture 1890-1919, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Jan 1987–22 Feb 1989.

Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.

Bertram Mackennal, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 2007–04 Nov 2007.

Bertram Mackennal, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, 30 Nov 2007–24 Feb 2008.