id: 119699 accession number: 1940.536 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.536 updated: 2021-11-03 09:00:10.736000 Virgin and Child with Angels, possibly late 1800s or early 1900s. Imitator of Sano di Pietro (Italian, 1406-1481), possibly by Icilio Federico Joni (Italian, 1866-1946). Tempera and gold on wood; unframed: 50.5 x 35.4 cm (19 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.536 title: Virgin and Child with Angels title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: possibly late 1800s or early 1900s creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1925 current location: creditline: Bequest of James Parmelee copyright: --- culture: Italy, late 19th-early 20th century technique: tempera and gold on wood department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Medieval Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Sano di Pietro (Italian, 1406-1481) - artist * Icilio Federico Joni (Italian, 1866-1946) - artist --- measurements: Unframed: 50.5 x 35.4 cm (19 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Materials of the Artist opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00 Materials of the Artist. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-December 12, 1958). title: Fakes and Forgeries opening date: 1973-07-11T04:00:00 Fakes and Forgeries. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (July 11-September 30, 1973). title: Icilio Federico Joni e la cultura del falso a Siena tra Ottocento e Novecento opening date: 2004-06-18T00:00:00 Icilio Federico Joni e la cultura del falso a Siena tra Ottocento e Novecento. Santa Maria delle Scala, Siena, Italy (organizer) (June 18, 2004-January 9, 2005). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 11- May 11, 2003. " Object in Focus: 15th Century Sienese Paintings: A Question of Forgery".
Santa Maria della Scala (6/1/8/2004 - 10/3/2004): "Icilio Federico Joni e la cultura del falso a Siena tra Ottocento e Novecento" --- PROVENANCE A. de Clementi, Florence; (Knoedler, 1929); James Parmelee, Cleveland. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: On initial examination, this work seems typical of 15th-century Italian panel paintings. However, recent technical examinations concluded that it is actually a skillful early 20th-century imitation of a 15th-century gold-ground picture. The composition resembles examples of the same subject by Sano di Pietro, but x-radiography showed that modern nails secure the framing elements of the panel. The infrared reflectography examination revealed a very simple cross-shaped underdrawing in Christ's head, used by the forger to center a compass when marking Christ's halo and to define the placement of the facial plane. Pigment analysis identified modern paints throughout the work. For example, the 18th-century pigment zinc white—not gypsum or lead white as expected in a 15th-century picture—was evident in all areas tested, indicating the modern pigment's presence in the ground layer. In addition, scholarship suggests that some of the decorative punch patterns in the gilding are identical to those found on known forgeries by Icilio Federico Joni. This painting is a forgery, very likely by Joni. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Joni, Icilio Federico, and Gianni Mazzoni. Falsi d'autore: Icilio Federico Joni e la cultura del falso tra Otto e Novecento. Siena: Protagon, 2004. page number: cat.no.43, p.162-163. url: Muir, Kim and Narayan Khandkar. "The Technical Examination of a Painting that Passed through the Hands of Sienese Restorer and Forger Federico Joni." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation vol. 45 no. 1 (Spring 2006). page number: p. 32 url: https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=8131d63b-dc69-4c21-8766-ac17fa3f4129%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=23788884&db=asu --- IMAGES