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Source Description
Clear lighting, sharp edges, and dignified yet emotionless figures are hallmarks of the work of Cima da Conegliano, head of one of the most prolific workshops in Renaissance Venice. Cima’s level of production rivaled that of his contemporary Venetian Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516), especially in images of the Madonna and Child intended for domestic interiors. This example, in which the Madonna and Child are placed before a window opening onto a distant landscape, was one of Cima’s most popular compositions. The original painting, by Cima himself, is now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Walters Madonna is instead by one of the many assistants Cima employed to help him meet the high demand for his work.
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Document identity
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2506
label
Madonna and Child
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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2506
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Madonna and Child
description
Clear lighting, sharp edges, and dignified yet emotionless figures are hallmarks of the work of Cima da Conegliano, head of one of the most prolific workshops in Renaissance Venice. Cima’s level of production rivaled that of his contemporary Venetian Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516), especially in images of the Madonna and Child intended for domestic interiors. This example, in which the Madonna and Child are placed before a window opening onto a distant landscape, was one of Cima’s most popular compositions. The original painting, by Cima himself, is now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The Walters Madonna is instead by one of the many assistants Cima employed to help him meet the high demand for his work.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 240]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1505 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
68.9
height
54.5
depth
0.3
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 27 1/8 x W: 21 7/16 x D excluding auxiliary support: 1/8 in. (68.9 x 54.5 x 0.3 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on wood panel
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3689
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REN
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0f650e6b75782d55
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2
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photo
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