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Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

c. 1395

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.
  • -1965
    (Kurt Rossacher, Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1965-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
  • "Salzburgs Bildende Kunst" (1939) Mentioned: no. 92a
    Rossacher, Kurt. "The Schone Madonna of Mariapfarr and its Significance for the History of Sculpture around 1400" Alte Und Moderne Kunst IX (January/February 1964). p. 2-15
    Rossacher, Kurt. "Technique and Materials of Stone Casting" Alte Und Moderne Kunst 72 (1964).
    Grossmann, Dieter, and Johannes Neuhardt. Ausstellung Schöne Madonnen, 1350-1450, veranstaltet vom Salzburger Domkapitel. Salzburg: Salzburger Domkapitel, 1965. Mentioned: p. 24, 113, 122; Reproduced: II
    "Year in Review 1965". The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art LII. (November, 1965). p. 153, cat. #47, repr. p. 125
    Selected Works The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: 104
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 65 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. 65 archive.org
    Clasen, Karl Heinz. Der Meister der Schönen Madonnen: Herkunft, Entfaltung und Umkreis. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1974. p. 129, 203, abb. 299, 300
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 73 archive.org
    Hlobil, Ivo Hermann Mayrhofer, Marius Winzeler and Stěpánka Chlumská. Krásné madony ze Salcburku: litý kámen kolem 1400 = Schöne Madonnen aus Salzburg : Gussstein um 1400.Praha: Národní galerie Praha, 2019. Mentioned & Reproduced; pp. 158-159, cat. 20
  • Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
    1938 at the exposition of "Salzburgs Bildende Kunst" Cat. No. 92a
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