Collection Online as of September 26, 2023

Procession of the Magi

c. 1450–1500

attributed to Bernardo Parentino

(Italian)

Italy, Padua, 15th century

Tempera on wood

Unframed: 47.5 x 53.8 cm (18 11/16 x 21 3/16 in.)

Holden Collection 1916.790

Location

117A Italian Renaissance

Description

This work was not originally hung on a wall or displayed as part of an altarpiece. It is believed to have formed a panel on a cassone, a storage chest for clothing. This panel may have been part of a travel chest, which was usually less lavish than those meant to be used in the home. The subject, the Procession of the Magi, was commonly used for travel chests.

Provenance

James Jackson Jarves (1884); Mrs. Liberty E. Holden

Citations

Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917. Mentioned: p. 29-30, cat. no. 29 archive.org

G. U. "The Holden Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 19-34. Mentioned: p. 19 www.jstor.org

Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Reproduced: cat. 39, p. 111 - 113

Exhibition history

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).