id: 128355 accession number: 1951.316 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.316 updated: 2022-10-28 22:16:58.515000 Virgin and Child, early 1530s. Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486–1570). Bronze; overall: 47.6 x 17.2 x 11.5 cm (18 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1951.316 title: Virgin and Child title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1530s creation date earliest: 1530 creation date latest: 1535 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 16th century technique: bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486–1570) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 47.6 x 17.2 x 11.5 cm (18 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: inscribed across the front of the base: IACOBVS SANSOV. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art: The International Language opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00 Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956). title: The Italian Heritage; an exhibition of works of art lent from American collections for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA) opening date: 1967-05-17T04:00:00 The Italian Heritage; an exhibition of works of art lent from American collections for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA). Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (May 17-August 29, 1967). title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage opening date: 1971-10-29T04:00:00 Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972). title: Antiquity in the Renaissance opening date: 1978-04-06T05:00:00 Antiquity in the Renaissance. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (April 6-June 6, 1978). title: In the Light of Apollo - Italian Renaissance and Greece opening date: 2003-12-10T00:00:00 In the Light of Apollo - Italian Renaissance and Greece. National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (organizer) (December 10, 2003-April 19, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * National Gallery/Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens (12/22/2003 - 3/31/2004): "In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece" cat. no.XVII.13, p. 550 and p. 565. --- PROVENANCE Possibly Otto O'Meara (St. Petersburg, Russia) date: footnotes: citations: The Hermitage (Leningrad, USSR) date: footnotes: citations: Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemiza, 1875-1947 (Lugano, Switzerland) date: footnotes: citations: Adolph Loewi (Los Angeles, California), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Mary’s classicizing head and the relatively rough finish are characteristic of northern Italian Renaissance sculpture. Artists rarely signed bronzes in this period, so Sansovino’s name on the base indicates this work’s importance, although the patron has yet to be identified. This sculpture was meant to be seen only from the front, typical of Renaissance sculpture in the early 1500s. wall description: Mary’s classicizing head and the relatively rough finish are characteristic of northern Italian Renaissance sculpture. Artists rarely signed bronzes in this period, so Sansovino’s name on the base indicates this work’s importance, although the patron has yet to be identified. Compared to the Hercules and the Hydra behind you, this sculpture was meant to be seen only from the front, typical of Renaissance sculpture in the early 1500s. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 237 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n51 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. 94 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n118 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. 94 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n118 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. 107 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n127 Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 177 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.316/1951.316_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.316/1951.316_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.316/1951.316_full.tif