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accession number:	1946.242
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Virgin and Child, c. 1460. Neri de Bicci (Italian, 1419–1491). Tempera on wood panel; framed: 59.1 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm (23 1/4 x 14 x 1 1/2 in.); unframed: 54 x 30.8 cm (21 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon 1946.242

title:				Virgin and Child
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creation date:			c. 1460
creation date earliest:		1455
creation date latest:		1465
current location:		117B Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon
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culture:	Italy, 15th century
technique:	tempera on wood panel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Medieval Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Neri de Bicci (Italian, 1419–1491)  - artist
Neri was the pupil of his father Bicci di Lorenzo and was influenced by the works of Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi.  His earliest documented work is datable c. 1444 but he must have been active as a painter before then.  A record of Neri's works from 1453-1475 is preserved in his Libro di Ricordanze in the Uffizi Library.  This prolific painter maintained a large workshop whose main assisting members have yet to be clearly distinguished from Neri's own hand.
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measurements: Framed: 59.1 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm (23 1/4 x 14 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 54 x 30.8 cm (21 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

	title:		Materials of the Artist
	opening date:   1958-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>Materials of the Artist</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 4-December 12, 1958).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Representative Art through the Ages, </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2-December 2, 1928).

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PROVENANCE

	Francesco Sparangi, Florence (1797); Henry White Cannon, New York (1928)
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fun fact:
When cleaned in 1947, a modern hedge with orange trees was removed from the background of this painting.

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wall description:
Neri de Bicci was a prolific painter of mainly religious themes, active principally in Florence as a panel painter. His grandfather Lorenzo di Bicci was also a painter in Florence, a pupil of Spinello Aretino. His journals from the years 1453-75, including the rates of remuneration for his work, are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Francis, H. S. (1947). Recent Gifts to the Museum. <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, <em>34</em>(1).
	page number: 	p. 14
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141333

	Berenson, Bernard.<em> Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an Index of Places, by Bernard Berenson </em>... [2.], [2.]. [Lieu de publication non identifié]: Phaidon Press, 1963.
	page number: 	p. 153
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>European Paintings Before 1500.</em> Cleveland: The Museum, 1974. .
	page number: 	pp. 46-47
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