The Böhler-Madonna is a masterpiece by the Italian artist Giovanni Pisano that has held a prominent place in the family collection for 120 years.
Extensive research carried out by Professor Max Seidels, the internationally recognised expert on the artist’s work, has confirmed that the figure, which dates from c. 1313, is a key work executed in Pisano’s ‘imperial style’. Professor Seidel also provides evidence, for the first time, for the restoration of the Gothic sculpture by the Italian Renaissance artist Benedetto da Maiano – a unique case in the history of art.
