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Madonna and Child

by 1461

Mino da Fiesole

(Italian, c. 1430-1484)

Italy, Rome, 15th century

Marble with traces of gilding

Overall: 93.7 x 80 x 12.7 cm (36 7/8 x 31 1/2 x 5 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna 1928.747

Location

117A Italian Renaissance

Description

This relief is one of four produced for the ciborium (canopy) erected by Cardinal Guillaume d'Estouteville over the high altar of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. The ciborium was taken apart in 1747 and the other three panels--Christ Blessing, The Annunciation, and Saints Peter and Paul--were set into the walls of the sacristy.

Provenance
by 1461 - after 1839 Santa Maria Maggiore (Rome, Italy), dismantled in 1747, components moved to the Capitolo Liberiano after 1839
before 1890 - 1910 Count Gregory Stroganoff, 1829-1910 (Rome, Italy), by inheritance to his daughter, Maria Gregorievna Scerbatoff, 1910
1910 Maria Gregorievna Scerbatoff, died 1920, conveyed all rights of inheritance to her son and daughter, Vladimir and Aleksandra Scherbatoff, 1910
1910-20 Vladimir and Aleksandra Scherbatoff, died 1920, by inheritance to the wife of Vladimir Scherbatoff and their children, Elena Petrovna Scerbatov, Olga Vladimirovna, Maria Vladimirovna, 1920,
1920-28 Princess Elena Petrovna Scerbatov, and their children, Princess Olga Vladimirovna and Princess Maria Vladimirovna, sold through Giacomo Nunes and Harold W. Parsons, to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 203 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 91 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 91 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 106 archive.org
Exhibition history

Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.747