Virgin and Child with Saints
c. 1230s
Berlinghiero
Berlinghiero (Italian, before 1242)
Medieval Art
Virgin and Child with Saints, c. 1230s. Berlinghiero (Italian, before 1242). Triptych (tabernacle); tempera and gold on poplar panel; overall: 42.6 x 51.5 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.); center: 42.8 x 27 cm (16 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.); left: 42.5 x 12.5 cm (16 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.); right: 42.4 x 12 cm (16 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1966.237 This tabernacle was recognized as being by Berlinghiero while in the the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, a wealthy Belgian engineer and collector.
- Maker/Artist
- Berlinghiero
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- triptych (tabernacle); tempera and gold on poplar panel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 42.6 x 51.5 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.); Center: 42.8 x 27 cm (16 7/8 x 10 5/8 in.); Left: 42.5 x 12.5 cm (16 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.); Right: 42.4 x 12 cm (16 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscribed on central panel flanking Virgin: MP OV. On back of panel: XC IC HS NI
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1966.237
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage, <em>Golden Anniversary Acquisitions,</em> Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 10-October 16, 1966).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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