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Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child

Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child

shortly after 1484

workshop of Benedetto Briosco

(Italian, c. 1460–after 1514)
(Italian)
Overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.)

Description

This relief formed part of a public funerary monument in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan. The military leader and diplomat humbly kneels in profile before the infant Christ in a naturalistic setting, drawing attention to the Holy Family’s humanity and the deceased man’s reverence.
  • S. Maria del Carmine (Milan, Italy)
    Vercellino Visconti
    Prince Belgioiso (Milan, Italy)
    Prince Trivulzio (Milan, Italy)
    Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York), sold through Harold W. Parsons to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 84 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 84 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 97 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child|url=false|author=Benedetto Briosco, Tomaso Cazzaniga|year=shortly after 1484|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.863