The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
shortly after 1484
workshop of Benedetto Briosco
(Italian, c. 1460–after 1514)
and Tomaso Cazzaniga
(Italian)
Overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.)
Location: 117A Italian Renaissance
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 ViscontiPrince 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.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 84 archive.orgThe 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
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1928.863