id: 138014 accession number: 1962.28 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.28 updated: 2022-01-13 10:02:23.915000 Virgin and Child, c. 1385-1390. France, Loire Valley, 14th century. Limestone with traces of polychromy; overall: 135.3 x 41.3 x 30.5 cm (53 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.28 title: Virgin and Child title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1385-1390 creation date earliest: 1380 creation date latest: 1395 current location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: France, Loire Valley, 14th century technique: limestone with traces of polychromy department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 135.3 x 41.3 x 30.5 cm (53 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 12 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). 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: Treasures of Medieval France opening date: 1966-11-16T05:00:00 Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon (d. 1977), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art). date: -1962 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1962- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This sculpture was painted over many times over its history, common for medieval sculpture. digital description: wall description: The vibrant naturalism of the Virgin’s face and long flowing hair, as well as the deep, rich folds of drapery are characteristic of the work of itinerant artists from the Netherlands who found employment at the Valois courts of France at Paris, Berry, and Burgundy. Their native styles and attention to realistic detail fused with native French artistic traditions toward the end of the 14th century and took root. The original source of this Virgin and Child is unknown, but its style suggests a relationship with similar sculptures made for churches and abbeys of the Central Loire Valley. The additional influence of the style of the sculptor André Beauneveu has also been noted for this sculpture. His commissions were abundant and his influence widespread. The sculptor of this work appears to have had some knowledge of Beauneveu’s work in the Loire region. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Wixom, W. (1963). A Fourteenth-Century Madonna and Child. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 50(1). page number: pp. 14-22 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151929 Lee, S. (1962). Year in Review 1962. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 49(9). page number: no. 32 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151915 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. 64 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n88 Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. page number: p. 230-231, 373; no. VI 8 url: 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. 64 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n88 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. 72 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n92 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: cat. 63, p.176 url: Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007. page number: pp. 184-185, no. 66 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.28/1962.28_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.28/1962.28_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.28/1962.28_full.tif