id: 118038
accession number: 1939.161
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Madonna and Child, c. 1450. Circle of Lorenzo Ghiberti (Italian, 1378–1455). Polychromed terracotta; overall: 81.3 x 59 x 21.6 cm (32 x 23 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection 1939.161
title: Madonna and Child
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creation date: c. 1450
creation date earliest: 1445
creation date latest: 1455
current location: 117B Italian Renaissance
creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., for the Coralie Walker Hanna Memorial Collection
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culture: Italy, Florence, 15th century
technique: polychromed terracotta
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Lorenzo Ghiberti (Italian, 1378–1455) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 81.3 x 59 x 21.6 cm (32 x 23 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
title: The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy
opening date: 2009-09-17T00:00:00
The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy. Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT (organizer) (September 17-December 13, 2009); Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA (February 9-May 31, 2010).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA 1971: Florence and the Arts - Five Centuries of Patronage," repr. cat. no. 19.
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, Italian Renaissance Sculpture in the Time of Donatello, October 21, 1985-January 5, 1986
also to: Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, TX, February 24-April 27, 1986.
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT (9/17/2009 - 12/13/2009) and Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA (2/9/2010 - 5/31/2010): "The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy"exh. cat. no. 12, p. 98-99.
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PROVENANCE
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1939.
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This half-length Madonna represents one of the finest of about 40 surviving variants, all of which display many characteristics of the Florentine bronze sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. These features include serene facial types with narrow eyes and thin eyebrows, the careful arrangement of the Madonna and Child, forehead to cheek, and the infant's twisting pose. The popularity of this devotional relief began around 1420 and continued until around 1500. Ghiberti was the most successful bronze sculptor of the early Renaissance in Florence. His fame rests upon the commissions he received for two sets of bronze doors, completed between 1401 and 1424, for the Baptistry in Florence. The reclining figure of Eve on the base of this Madonna and Child (suggesting Mary as the new Eve) stems from a similar figure on the upper left door of the Porta del Paradiso, the second set of Baptistry doors. Eve's presence on the base clearly substantiates the attribution to Ghiberti and helps date the relief.
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