Virgin and Child
c. 1440
- Medium
- bronze with traces of gilding
- Dimensions
- 9.5 × 7.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-197336
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.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1984.53
Registry history
- c. 1440 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — sculpture
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