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Education of the Virgin

c. 1700

Giuseppe Mazzuoli

(Italian, 1644-1725)

Italy, Rome, early 18th Century

Marble

Overall: 110.5 x 96.5 x 26 cm (43 1/2 x 38 x 10 1/4 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1973.6

Location

217 Italian Baroque

Description

During the Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church increasingly upheld Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary’s mother, as an example of virtuous motherhood, particularly in emphasizing her daughter’s religious education. Its graceful composition also connects to the idealized, elegant work of Guido Reni.

Provenance

Heim Gallery (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1973.

Possibly Palazzo del Drago (formerly Albani) (Rome, Italy)

Citations

Hawley, Henry H. "Giuseppe Mazzuoli" Education of the Virgin." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LX, no. 8 (December, 1973): 292-299. Reproduced: p. 292; Detail: p. 295, 9. 297

"Recent Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." The Art Quarterly XXXVI, no. 4 (Winter 1973): 424-444. Mentioned: P. 432; reproduced: P. 440

Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1973." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LXI, no. 2 (February 1974): 31-79. Mentioned: p. 73, no. 10

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 141 archive.org

Ditner, David Charles. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Thesis Ph.D. Cleveland, OH, Case Western Reserve University 1986. Reproduced: p. 92

Exhibition history

CMA 1974: "Year in Review 1973," Bulletin, LXI (February 1974), p. 73, cat. no. 10.

Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 30-March 17, 1974).

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Education of the Virgin

Education of the Virgin

Giuseppe Mazzuoli

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