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Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist

Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist

c. 1340–50

Description

The Madonna is seated beneath a Gothic-arched canopy flanked by Saints Catherine and John the Baptist. A rectangular frame encloses the group. Most likely from a Sienese church interior, the work is probably a fragment of a larger sculptural program such as a tomb. An authentic Gothic style in sculpture appeared in Tuscany from the mid 1200s through about 1350 elucidated by the work of Giovanni di Agostino, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, and others who were active on Siena Cathedral’s sculptural program. Agostino’s work suggests an awareness of Gothic sculpture and the decorative arts in France from which he borrowed freely. This relief was probably completed just before the plague of 1348, an event which altered the degree and character of Sienese art.
  • (Durlacher Brothers, 1928); George S. and Harry D. Kendrick, Cleveland.
  • Milliken, William M. “A Memorial to Henry G. Dalton.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 3 (March 1943): 23–25. Mentioned: p. 23-25 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. 158 archive.org
    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
    Wixom, William D. “A Masterpiece Attributed to Andrea Pisano.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 10 (December 1972): 263–283. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 281, fig. 43 www.jstor.org
    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
    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. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 266-267, no. 100
  • Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
    Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
    Detroit Institute of Art, "Eighteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters, 1250-1500"
    January 7-February 20, 1938, cat. no. 8.
    Cleveland Museum of Art, "Representative Art through the Ages" November 8-December 2, 1928. (Lent by Durlacher Brothers)
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.1162