id: 122223 accession number: 1942.536 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.536 updated: 2025-02-09 00:52:53.804000 The Adoration of the Magi, 1440–45. Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, c. 1403–1482). Tempera and gold on wood panel; framed: 52.5 x 59 x 7.5 cm (20 11/16 x 23 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 38.4 x 44.3 cm (15 1/8 x 17 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1942.536 title: The Adoration of the Magi title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1440–45 creation date earliest: 1440 creation date latest: 1445 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds copyright: --- culture: Italy, Siena technique: tempera and gold on wood panel department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Medieval Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, c. 1403–1482) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 52.5 x 59 x 7.5 cm (20 11/16 x 23 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 38.4 x 44.3 cm (15 1/8 x 17 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Paths of Abstract Art opening date: 1960-10-05T04:00:00 Paths of Abstract Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960). title: Gothic Art 1360-1440 opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00 Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 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). title: Da Jacopo Della Quercia a Donatello. Le Arti a Siena nel Primo Rinascimento opening date: 2010-03-26T00:00:00 Da Jacopo Della Quercia a Donatello. Le Arti a Siena nel Primo Rinascimento. Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy (March 26-July 11, 2010). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': '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"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Santa Maria della Scala, Siena (3/26/2010 - 7/11/2010): "The Early Renaissance in Siena", ex. cat. no. C.14, p. 214-215.', 'opening_date': '2010-03-26T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Alice Hofman, Baltimore. (Seligmann & Rey, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Francis, Henry S. “An ‘Adoration of the Magi’ by Giovanni Di Paolo.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 10 (December 1942): 166–168. page number: Mentioned: p. 166-168; Reproduced: p. 162 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141027 Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. page number: Reproduced: p. 48 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n56 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 393 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n73 Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward B. Henning. Paths of Abstract Art. Cleveland, Ohio: H.N. Abrams, 1960. page number: Reproduced: no. 4, p.6; mentioned: pp. 6, 20 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 59 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n83 De Fernandez-Gimenez, Elizabeth Ourusoff. “Giovanni Di Paolo: The Life of St. Catherine of Siena.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 4 (April 1967): 103–110. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 105, fig. 2 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152153 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 59 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n83 Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Reproduced: fig. 37, p. 102 - 104 url: Sterling, Charles. “Fighting Animals in the Adoration of the Magi.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 350–359. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 351-354, figs. 4-6 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152559 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 67 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n87 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 262-263, no. 98 url: Boskovits, Miklós. Maestri senesi e toscani nel Lindenau-Museum di Altenburg. [Siena, Italy]: Protagon, 2008. page number: Mentioned: p. 154, 240, 242 url: Zappasodi, Emanuele. Sorores reclusae: spazi di clausura e immagini dipinte in Umbria fra XIII e XIV secolo. Firenze: Mandragor, 2018. page number: Mentioned: p. 96, note 141 url: Heisterberg, Marion. Zwischen exemplum und opus absolutum: Studien zum Abzeichnen im italienischen Tre- und Quattrocento zwischen Mustertransfer und Kopie. 2020. page number: Reproduced and mentioned; pp. 309-310, fig. 164 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.536/1942.536_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.536/1942.536_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.536/1942.536_full.tif