The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Virgin and Child with Saint John (recto)

1500s

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Italy, 16th century

Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash and blue, green, red and red-purple gouache

Support: Light brown laid(?) paper, laid down on beige(1) laid(?) paper, laid down on a tertiary support of laid(?) paper, tipped on to a quaternary support of wove paper; embossed gold paper strips mounted to perimeter

Sheet: 17.6 x 15 cm (6 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 18.2 x 15.6 cm (7 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Tertiary Support: 18.2 x 15.6 cm (7 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Quadratic Support: 24.8 x 20.9 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1954.710.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

by artist, upper center, in black ink: [?][l?]a ; by artist, upper center, in black ink: ws ; by artist, center left, in black ink: ECCE ANUS DEI [sideways] ; by artist, center, in black ink: [braun.?] [underlined] ; RECTO OF QUATERNARY SUPPORT, center, in brown ink: Francia / 1450-1517 [erased] ; upper right, in graphite: 7

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