Procession of the Magi (c. 1450–1500): Art, History and Details

Procession of the Magi (c. 1450–1500) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Bernardo Parentino (Italian).

The work and its context

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

This work was not originally hung on a wall or displayed as part of an altarpiece. It is believed to have formed a panel on a cassone, a storage chest for clothing. This panel may have been part of a travel chest, which was usually less lavish than those meant to be used in the home. The subject, the Procession of the Magi, was commonly used for travel chests.

Object facts

• Title: Procession of the Magi
• Date: c. 1450–1500
• Creator attribution: Bernardo Parentino (Italian)
• Culture: Italy, Padua, 15th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: tempera on wood
• Dimensions: Unframed: 47.5 x 53.8 cm (18 11/16 x 21 3/16 in.)
• Collection: MED - Medieval Art
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1916.790

Collection credit

Holden Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917.
• G. U. "The Holden Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 19-34.
• Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.

View the collection record

See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.