id:			168322
accession number:	2010.154
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.154
updated:		2024-04-23 11:00:37.600000

Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa), c. 1425–50. Attributed to Angelos Akotantos (Greek, d. 1450). Tempera and gold on wood panel; unframed: 96 x 70 cm (37 13/16 x 27 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.154

title:				Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa)
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creation date:			c. 1425–50
creation date earliest:		1420
creation date latest:		1455
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Crete, Byzantium Empire
technique:	tempera and gold on wood panel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Angelos Akotantos (Greek, d. 1450)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 96 x 70 cm (37 13/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	None visible on obverse; unidentified inscriptions on reverse
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Africa & Byzantium
	opening date:   2023-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Africa & Byzantium</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (April 14-July 21, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[Antonio de Crescenzo and Co., Rome, March 15, 1989]
	date: 1989
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	Private collection, Rome, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1989-2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2010-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Auction Catalogue of Antonio de Crescenzo and Co., Via Virginio Orsini, Rome, Sale March 15, 1989.
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	Baltoyanni, Chrysanthi. <em>Icons: Mother of God. </em>Athens: Adam Editions, 1994.
	page number: 	p. 24
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, "Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Newest Acquisitions," September 7, 2010, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4979

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 53 no. 05, September/October 2013
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/12

	Prolović, Jadranka. <em>Resava (Manasija): Geschichte, Architketur und Malerei einer Stiftung des serbischen Despoten Stefan Lazarević.</em> 2017. p. 713
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 713, Abb. 361
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	"Performing Arts: Antennae. Aleksandra Vrebalov's Byzantine-inspired music resonates like a human tuning fork.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 36-37.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 37; Mentioned: P. 36, 37.
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	Liebert, Emily, Nadiah Fellah, and William Griswold. <em>Picturing Motherhood Now.</em> Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned & Reproduced: P. 10-11, fig. 1
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	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. 262
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	Gertsman, Elina, and Stephen N. Fliegel. Collectors, Commissioners, Curators: Studies in Medieval Art for Stephen N. Fliegel. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter ; [Kalamazoo, Michigan] : Medieval Institute Publications, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 4-5, Fig. 0.2.
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