Collection Online as of December 10, 2023

Full Page Miniature: The Agony in the Garden

1490–1500

probably by Timoteo Viti

(Italian, 1469–1523)

Italy, Umbria, 15th century

Tempera on vellum

Sheet: 27 x 22 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1927.161

Location

not on view

Provenance

Col. G. C. Cheshire

Edouard Kann, Paris

Col. G. C. Legh, Cheshire, England; Edouard Kann, Paris

Citations

"A Miniature Attributed to Timoteo Viti," The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 14, no. 9 (November 1927): 144-146 Reproduced: p. 142; Mentioned: p. 144 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 83 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. 83 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. 95 archive.org

Agosti, Barbara, Silvia Ginzburg Carignani, and Raphael. Raffaello e gli amici di Urbino. 2019. Reproduced and mentioned; p. 77 fig. 2

Exhibition history

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).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Pages From Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts. Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (April 24-June 8, 1963).

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011).

Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).