NEW YORK, NY.- A tender depiction of the Madonna and Child with the young St John the Baptist by Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497) is among the major pieces of European sculpture presented by Tomasso Brothers Fine Art in their third annual New York exhibition, Scultura III, at Otto Naumann, 22 East 80th Street, from Thursday 21 to Sunday 31 October 2010. This beautifully preserved stucco relief not only retains most of its original polychrome decoration but is also in its original frame, and has an asking price of $225,000. Benedetto da Maiano was one of the most accomplished marble sculptors in 15th century Florence , whose work influenced such High Renaissance artists as Andrea Sansovino and Michelangelo. Da Maiano was associated with Antonio Rossellino and continued his tradition of fine marble carving for chapels, tombs, pulpits and portrait-busts. Narrative reliefs were