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The Virgin and Child

c. 1510

Lorenzo di Credi

(Italian, 1459-1537)

Italy, 16th century

Metalpoint, (losses on left sleeve of the Madonna restored in pen and brown ink?); framing lines in black and brown ink

Support: Laid paper prepared with an orange ground, laid down on cream(3) wove paper

Sheet: 14.5 x 9.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 14.5 x 9.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1963.472

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO, lower right, in graphite: Lorenzo di Cre[di, paper skinned] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), lower left, in graphite: No. 5 [underlined]

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 80 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. 80 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 92 archive.org

Exhibition history

CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).

CMA, Paper: The Continuous Thread (Aug. 31-Oct. 24, 1982), no. 32, illus. p. 41.

CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 15, illus., pp. 8, 16, 25, 88.

CMA, Master Drawings with the von Hirsch Acquisitions (Sep.-Nov. 1978).

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Old Master Drawings from American Collections (1976), no. 16, illus.

CMA, Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage (July 13-Sep. 19, 1971), no. 55, illus.

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971).

CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 9, 1967-Jan. 21, 1968).

CMA, Old Master Prints and Drawings (July 29, 1966-Apr. 1, 1967).

CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).

CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).

CMA, "Year in Review for 1963" (Nov. 26, 1963-Jan. 5, 1964), cma Bulletin 50 (1963), p. 294 no. 117, illus. p. 268.

London, P. & D. Colnaghi, Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Old Masters from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Francis Springell (1959), no. 20.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Drawings by Old Masters (1953), vol. 1 no. 32.

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964).

Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-30, 1964).

Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-April 1, 1967).

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968).

Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968).

Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).

The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).

Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 15, 1986-March 1, 1987).

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