id: 122339 accession number: 1942.636 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.636 updated: 2019-06-06 08:15:10.219000 Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors, c. 1515. Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (Italian, ca. 1459-1518), and Workshop. Oil on wood; framed: 103 x 125 x 16 cm (40 9/16 x 49 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.); unframed: 56 x 78.8 cm (22 1/16 x 31 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.636 title: Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1515 creation date earliest: 1510 creation date latest: 1520 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Italy, Venice, 16th century technique: oil on wood department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (Italian, ca. 1459-1518) - artist * Workshop - artist --- measurements: Framed: 103 x 125 x 16 cm (40 9/16 x 49 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Unframed: 56 x 78.8 cm (22 1/16 x 31 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00 Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1936, no. 119.
"CMA, 1942: "Exhibition of the John L Severance Collection," cat. no.2, pl. IV. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This work reinterprets the most common subject in Renaissance art—the Madonna and Child. The tender relationship of mother and son spoke to Mary’s role as intercessor for humanity, sparked an empathetic relationship with Christ, and helped invest Christian practice with tenderness and compassion. Works at this scale were usually for private devotion, but distinct styles and refined craftsmanship were also appreciated for their artistry and creativity. Here the donors occupy the same landscape as the holy figures, emphasizing how Mary’s compassion extends into our world. This painting was never finished, visible in Saint Anthony Abbot’s beard and the female saint’s empty hand, which makes her identity impossible to pin down. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Reproduced: p. [14], Plate IV, cat. no. 2; Mention: p. 21, cat. no. 2 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest#page=25 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. 412 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958#page=75 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. 88 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966#page=112 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. 88 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969#page=112 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. 102 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=122 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Reproduced: p. 332; Mentioned: p. 333 url: Nieto Fernández, Luis. The painted parapet: structure and symbolism/El parapeto pintado: estructura y simbolismo. Madrid: Rayxart Investigación, 2017. page number: Reproduced: p. 106, fig. 150; Mention: p. 296 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.636/1942.636_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.636/1942.636_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.636/1942.636_full.tif