The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

The Virgin and Child

c. 1510

Lorenzo di Credi

(Italian, 1459–1537)

Italy, 16th century

Metalpoint, (losses on left sleeve of the Madonna restored in pen and brown ink?); framing lines in black and brown ink

Support: Laid paper prepared with an orange ground, laid down on cream(3) wove paper

Sheet: 14.5 x 9.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 14.5 x 9.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1963.472

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, lower right, in graphite: Lorenzo di Cre[di, paper skinned] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), lower left, in graphite: No. 5 [underlined]

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 80 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. 80 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. 92 archive.org
Exhibition history

CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).

CMA, Paper: The Continuous Thread (Aug. 31-Oct. 24, 1982), no. 32, illus. p. 41.

CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 15, illus., pp. 8, 16, 25, 88.

CMA, Master Drawings with the von Hirsch Acquisitions (Sep.-Nov. 1978).

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Old Master Drawings from American Collections (1976), no. 16, illus.

CMA, Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage (July 13-Sep. 19, 1971), no. 55, illus.

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971).

CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 9, 1967-Jan. 21, 1968).

CMA, Old Master Prints and Drawings (July 29, 1966-Apr. 1, 1967).

CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).

CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).

CMA, "Year in Review for 1963" (Nov. 26, 1963-Jan. 5, 1964), cma Bulletin 50 (1963), p. 294 no. 117, illus. p. 268.

London, P. & D. Colnaghi, Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell (1959), no. 20.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Drawings by Old Masters (1953), vol. 1 no. 32.

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).

Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968).

Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-February 25, 1968).

Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

Italian Drawings with von Hirsh Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 15-December 4, 1978).

The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).

Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982).

Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

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