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Virgin and Child, with Saints Anthony Abbott, Mark, Severino, and Sebastian

Virgin and Child, with Saints Anthony Abbott, Mark, Severino, and Sebastian

c. 1490–96
(Italian, 1468–1500)
Italy, 15th century
tempera on gold wood panel
Framed: 144 x 84.5 x 5 cm (56 11/16 x 33 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 128.9 x 76 cm (50 3/4 x 29 15/16 in.)
Holden Collection 1916.800
Location: 117A Italian Renaissance

Description

The finest textiles and dress associated with the aristocracy were often represented in religious paintings. Here, the Virgin is clothed in a fashionably tailored dress with close-fitted sleeves made of luxurious velvet. Gold thread forms the pomegranate pattern on the deep crimson velvet ground. Saint Sebastian (on the right) wears an equally opulent velvet doublet under his sleeveless tunic.
  • S. Marco, Sanseverino, moved to the cathedral; Venanzio Biglioli, Sanseverino (1834); James Jackon Jarves (1884); Mrs. Liberty E. Holden.
  • Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917. Mentioned: p. 33, cat. no. 34; Reproduced: p. 63, No. 34 archive.org
    G. U. "The Holden Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 19-34. Mentioned: p. 20; reproduced: p. 24 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 24 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 28 archive.org
    Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. Reproduced: p. 47 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 394 archive.org
    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
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Reproduced: fig. 32, p. 86 - 88; fig. 32a, p. 87; colorplate XVII
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 95 archive.org
    Cleri, Bonita, and Claudio Giardini. Arte venduta: mercato, diaspora e furti nelle Marche in età moderna e contemporanea. Ancona, Italy: Il lavoro editoriale, 2016. p. [294]. tav. 4 Reproduced: p. [294], Tav. 4
    Spina, Giulia. Il Museo Piersanti e la sua collezione: studi e ricerche per i 100 anni dalla nascita : atti del convegno, Matelica, 17 e 18 febbraio 2018. 2021, 104. Mentioned and reproduced: pp.103-104, fig. 7.
  • Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
    Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
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