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Madonna and Child

c. 1350

attributed to Lippo Memmi

(Italian)

Italy, Siena, 14th century

Tempera and gold on poplar panel

Framed: 71.3 x 43.8 x 5.7 cm (28 1/16 x 17 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 71.3 x 44 cm (28 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1952.110

Location

110A Italian Gothic

Description

On the eve of the Battle of Montaperti in 1260, the Tuscan town of Siena was dedicated to the Virgin. Siena’s miraculous victory the following day confirmed its status as the "City of the Virgin" and inspired fervent devotion among its citizens. Marian imagery flourished, and many altarpieces comprising images of the Madonna and Child flanked by saints were made for Sienese churches. This panel once formed part of such an altarpiece. Here, the infant Christ clings to his mother’s clothing. He also holds a scroll that proclaims his special destiny. Lippo Memmi was the brother-in-law of Simone Martini, an extremely influential Sienese painter. The two artists worked closely together, and this Madonna and Child reflects Simone’s aristocratic and elegant style.

Provenance

Richard von Kaufman (1850–1908), Berlin, Germany

December 4-5, 1917

(Sale: Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing, Berlin, Germany, December 4-5, 1917)

1924

August Lederer (1857–1936), Vienna, Austria to Erich Lederer

-1952

Erich Lederer, Geneva, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1952-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Harck, F. "Quadri di Maestri Italiani in Possesso di Privati a Berlino," Archivo Storico dell'arte, Vol. II (1889) p. 206

Venturi, Adolfo. Storia dell'arte italiana. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1901. Vol. V, p. 655, fig. 532

Berenson, Bernard. The Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909. p. 148

Crowe, J. A., G. B. Cavalcaselle, R. Langton Douglas, S. Arthur Strong, G. de Nicola, and Tancred Borenius. A History of Painting in Italy. London: J. Murray, 1908. Vol. III, pp. 79-80, n. 1

Reinach, Salomon. Répertoire de peintures du Moyen âge et de la Renaissance (1280-1580). Paris: E. Leroux, 1910. Vol. III, p. 378, fig. 1

Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing (Firm). Die Sammlung Richard von Kaufmann, Berlin; III. Band. 1917. vol. I, no. 7, p. 22

Marle, Raimond van. Simone Martini et les peintres de son école. Strasbourg: J.H.E. Heitz, 1920. p. 190

Meisterwerke italienischer renaissance aus Privatbesitz. Wien: Sezession, 1924. Cat. No. 71

Marle, Raimond van, and Charlotte van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1923. p. 274, n. 3

Gielly, L. Les primitifs siennois. Paris: A. Michel, 1926. p. 111

Thieme, Ulrich, Felix Becker, Hans Vollmer, B. C. Kreplin, J. Müller, Ludwig Scheewe, H. Wolff, and O. Kellner. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler: von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart Bd XXIII Bd XXIII. 1929. p. 277

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), and A. E. Popham. Italian Drawings Exhibited at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, 1930. London: The Oxford University Press, and the Executive Committee of the exhibition, 1931. no. 30

Weigelt, "Minor Simonesque Masters," Apollo XIV (1931) p. 13, fig. XII

Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works, with an Index of Places. 1932. p. 360

Sandberg-Vavala, Eveyln. "Some Partial Reconstructions - 1" Burlington Magazine LXXI (1937). p. 177, n. 6

Thieme, Ulrich, Felix Becker, and Hans Vollmer. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler: von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart Bd XXXVII Bd XXXVII. 1950. p. 194

Francis, H. (1953). A Sienese "Madonna and Child" by Lippo Memmi. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 40(4). pp. 59-61 www.jstor.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. 392 archive.org

Frinta, Mojmir. "An Investigation of the Punched Decoration of Medieval Italian and Non-Italian Panel Painting," The Art Bulletin XLVII (June 1965). pp. 259-9, fig. 23

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 54 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. 54 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art. European Paintings Before 1500. Cleveland: The Museum, 1974. . pp. 99-101, cat. no. 36; figs 36a; colorplate XXI

Critica D'Arte Anno XLII, Nuva Ser. fasc. 151 (Jan-June 1977). p. 75

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 63 archive.org

De Benedictis, Cristina. La pittura senese 1330-1370. Firenze: Salimbeni libreria editrice, 1979. pp. 22, 90, fig. 30

Real, William A. "Exploring New Applications for Infrared Reflectography." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 8 (1985). pp. 390-412 www.jstor.org

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy. The Robert Lehman Collection. New York: The Museum, 1987. p. 26

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Cat. no. 97, p. 260

Exhibition history

Meisterwerke Italienischer Renaissance, Secession Building, Vienna, Austria (1924-5).

Exhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy, Burlington House (January-March, 1930).

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).

Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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