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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Artist Cornelis van Cleve (Flemish, 1520-1567)
Dateca. 1550
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsOverall: 22 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. (56.8 x 51.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 35 3/8 x 29 7/8 in. (89.9 x 75.9 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation, in memory of Frances Rogers Curd
Object number2014.3.4
Terms
  • Religion
  • Saints
  • Madonna
  • Christ child
  • Angels
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DescriptionOil on panel painting in a gilt and hand-carved frame. Panel patched on back at center bottom and lower right corner with heavy tape. Convex warp to panel. Under varnish loss upper left drapery, upper right, around Child's hand, craizing in Christ Child, Madonna, and St. John.

Label TextCornelis van Cleve Flemish, 1520–1567 Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels, ca. 1550 Oil on wood Cornelis van Cleve’s painting focuses all attention on the Virgin and Child, highlighting them as holy icons. Seated at center, they preside over a balanced ensemble of graceful figures whose bowed heads, circling movements, and arm gestures direct our eyes back to the divine pair. Van Cleve pushed their solid, rounded bodies forward, further stressing their importance. Even the space they occupy is designed to pull us toward them. Ordered according to the Renaissance construct of one-point perspective, space recedes to a single vanishing point that converges on the central figures. Just follow the lines of the floor tiles into the distance (see image). Your eyes will always land on the Virgin’s tender face. Gift of the Irene Leache Memorial Foundation, in memory of Frances Rogers Curd 2014.3.4
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