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Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

c. 1460
(Italian, 1419–1491)
Framed: 59.1 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm (23 1/4 x 14 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 54 x 30.8 cm (21 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.)

Did You Know?

When cleaned in 1947, a modern hedge with orange trees was removed from the background of this painting.

Description

Neri de Bicci was a prolific painter of mainly religious themes, active principally in Florence as a panel painter. His grandfather Lorenzo di Bicci was also a painter in Florence, a pupil of Spinello Aretino. His journals from the years 1453-75, including the rates of remuneration for his work, are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
  • Francesco Sparangi, Florence (1797); Henry White Cannon, New York (1928)
  • Francis, H. S. (1947). Recent Gifts to the Museum. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 34(1). p. 14 www.jstor.org
    Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an Index of Places, by Bernard Berenson ... [2.], [2.]. [Lieu de publication non identifié]: Phaidon Press, 1963. p. 153
    Cleveland Museum of Art. European Paintings Before 1500. Cleveland: The Museum, 1974. . pp. 46-47
  • Materials of the Artist. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-December 12, 1958).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
    Representative Art through the Ages, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 2-December 2, 1928).
  • {{cite web|title=Virgin and Child|url=false|author=Neri de Bicci|year=c. 1460|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.242