id:			141642
accession number:	1965.236
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.236
updated:		2022-09-10 10:37:02.371000

Virgin and Child, c. 1395. Austria, Lungau, Church of Mariapfarr, late 14th century. Cast stone with traces of original paint; overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1965.236

title:				Virgin and Child
title in original language:	
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creation date:			c. 1395
creation date earliest:		1390
creation date latest:		1400
current location:		111 German and Austrian Gothic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Austria, Lungau, Church of Mariapfarr, late 14th century
technique:	cast stone with traces of original paint
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* 1938 at the exposition of "Salzburgs Bildende Kunst" Cat. No. 92a

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PROVENANCE

	(Kurt Rossacher, Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1965
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
	date: 1965-
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wall description: 
This sculpture—damaged during the 1800s and now missing the figure of the Christ child—is a fine early example of the type known as the Schöne Madonna or "Beautiful Virgin." This type became popular around 1400 and emphasized the graceful curve of the Virgin’s posture combined with deep, slightly exaggerated drapery folds. This sculpture is known to have come from the Church of Mariapfarr in the Diocese of Salzburg. It was made using a casting technique known as "lost shape." The casting consisted of pulverized limestone combined with quicklime and milk curd poured into a mold. After the cementlike mixture set for several weeks, the mold was destroyed to remove the sculpture, which could then be filed, polished, and painted.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Salzburgs Bildende Kunst" (1939)
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 92a
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	Rossacher, Kurt. "The Schone Madonna of Mariapfarr and its Significance for the History of Sculpture around 1400" <em>Alte Und Moderne Kunst</em> IX (January/February 1964).
	page number: 	p. 2-15
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	Rossacher, Kurt. "Technique and Materials of Stone Casting" <em>Alte Und Moderne Kunst</em> 72 (1964).
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	Grossmann, Dieter, and Johannes Neuhardt. Ausstellung Schöne Madonnen, 1350-1450, veranstaltet vom Salzburger Domkapitel. Salzburg: Salzburger Domkapitel, 1965.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 24, 113, 122; Reproduced: II
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	"Year in Review 1965". <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>LII. (November, 1965).
	page number: 	p. 153, cat. #47, repr. p. 125
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	<em>Selected Works The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: 104
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	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. 65
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n89

	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. 65
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n89

	Clasen, Karl Heinz. Der Meister der Schönen Madonnen: Herkunft, Entfaltung und Umkreis. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1974.
	page number: 	p. 129, 203, abb. 299, 300
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	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. 73
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n93

	Hlobil, Ivo Hermann Mayrhofer, Marius Winzeler and Stěpánka Chlumská. <em>Krásné madony ze Salcburku: litý kámen kolem 1400 = Schöne Madonnen aus Salzburg : Gussstein um 1400</em>.Praha: Národní galerie Praha, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned & Reproduced; pp. 158-159, cat. 20
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