id:			128355
accession number:	1951.316
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.316
updated:		2025-02-09 01:37:12.965000

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
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creation date:			early 1530s
creation date earliest:		1530
creation date latest:		1535
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486–1570)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 47.6 x 17.2 x 11.5 cm (18 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed across the front of the base: IACOBVS SANSOV.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1962-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>Art and Humanism in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

	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
	<i>The Italian Heritage; an exhibition of works of art lent from American collections for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA)</i>. Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (May 17-August 29, 1967).

	title:		Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
	opening date:   1971-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

	title:		Antiquity in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1978-04-06T05:00:00
	<i>Antiquity in the Renaissance</i>. 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
	<i>In the Light of Apollo - Italian Renaissance and Greece</i>. National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (organizer) (December 10, 2003-April 19, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '2003-12-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly Otto O'Meara (St. Petersburg, Russia)
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	The Hermitage (Leningrad, USSR)
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	Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemiza, 1875-1947 (Lugano, Switzerland)
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	Adolph Loewi (Los Angeles, California), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. 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. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 177
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