id:			140002
accession number:	1963.674
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.674
updated:		2019-11-18 11:04:52.836000

The Immaculate Conception, c. 1765. Assisted by Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (German, 1730-1809). Painted wood; overall: 43.2 x 30.4 cm (17 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Betty Mont and Frederick A. Mont 1963.674

title:				The Immaculate Conception
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creation date:			c. 1765
creation date earliest:		1760
creation date latest:		1770
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Betty Mont and Frederick A. Mont
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culture:	Germany, Würzburg, 18th century
technique:	painted wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (German, 1730-1809)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 43.2 x 30.4 cm (17 x 11 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 1-31, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1964:  "Year in Review, 1964," CMA Bulletin, LI, no. 10 (December 1964), cat. no. 10.

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Mont (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963.
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wall description: 
This work has been associated with Johann Pieter Wagner, one of the leading Austrian sculptors of the second half of the 18th century.   Because of its small size, it was most likely either a model for a larger altarpiece or an object designed for private devotion. Gold serves as celestial decoration around the border and on the figures. The Virgin Mary stands upon billowing clouds held up by angels, a variant on the Madonna of Victory, which features Mary or Jesus holding a spear. Mary holds the infant Jesus, while trampling a serpent-symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. The holy child holds a bouquet of flowers, representing his ability to bestow grace, expressing the benevolence associated with the cult of the Immaculate Conception.
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