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Plaque Depicting the Madonna and Frame

mid 1500s for plaque c. 1600 for frame

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Italy, 16th century

Enamel on copper

Framed: 18.8 x 15.9 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.); Unframed: 8.9 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.284

Location

114 Late Northern Renaissance

Provenance
Heckscher Collection (6 May 1898, no. 317). S. E. Kenndy Collection (1918, Sale Cat. no. 265). George Eumorfopoulos Collection (Sale, Sotheby & Co., London, June 1940, Cat. No. 196, ill.). (Louis Lion, New York).
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 95 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. 95 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. 110 archive.org
Exhibition history

Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).

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