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Plaque Depicting the Madonna and Frame

mid 1500s for plaque c. 1600 for frame

Italy, 16th century

enamel on copper
Framed: 18.8 x 15.9 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.); Unframed: 8.9 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.284
Location: 114 Late Northern Renaissance
  • Heckscher Collection (6 May 1898, no. 317). S. E. Kenndy Collection (1918, Sale Cat. no. 265). George Eumorfopoulos Collection (Sale, Sotheby & Co., London, June 1940, Cat. No. 196, ill.). (Louis Lion, New York).
  • Foote, Helen. "Virgin and Child Enthroned, a Verre Églomisé Pkaque." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 1 (January 1944): 15-16. Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: p. 15 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. 95 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. 95 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. 110 archive.org
  • Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
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