Madonna and Child (c. 1475–80): Art, History and Details

Madonna and Child (c. 1475–80) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Francesco Botticini (Italian, c. 1446–1497).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Francesco di Giovanni Botticini came from a family of painters. His father, Giovanni di Domenico, and his son, Raffaello, were also painters. Little is known of his life or career. He is believed to have apprenticed under Neri de Bicci. The earliest dated altarpiece by his hand is 1471 (now in the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris).

Object facts

• Title: Madonna and Child
• Date: c. 1475–80
• Creator attribution: Francesco Botticini (Italian, c. 1446–1497)
• Culture: Italy, Florence
• Type: Painting
• Technique: tempera on poplar panel
• Dimensions: Painted surface: 64.6 x 45 cm (25 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Panel: 67.2 x 46 cm (26 7/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
• Collection: MED - Medieval Art
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1916.788

Collection credit

Holden Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Berenson, Bernard. Florentine Pictures of the Renaissance. New York: G. P. Putnam's & Sons, 1909. p. 119.
• Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works, with an Index of Places. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932. p. 107.
• Berenson, Bernard. Pitture Italiane Del Rinascimento; Catalogo Dei Principali Artisti E Delle Loro Opere, Con Un Indice Dei Luoghi. Translated by Emilio Cecchi. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1936. p. 92.

View the collection record

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