The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Virgin and Child
c. 1440
circle of Donatello
Overall: 9.5 x 7.6 cm (3 3/4 x 3 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
Plaquettes emerged during the Renaissance in connection with the revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman coins and medallions. This small-scale devotional image provided a personal and private connection between the owner and the religious figures. The two small holes suggest that it may have been hung on a wall, and the child's foreshortened arms and slant of the Virgin's head could imply that it was originally placed above eye level.- Ernö Wittman (Budapest, Hungary), died 1963, by 1924.Ellin Mitchell Works of Art (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984.
- Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 74-76, fig. 1 www.jstor.org
- Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).Budapest, 1924.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.53