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Madonna and Child

Carlo Crivelli, Italian, (ca. 1430–1495)

Creation date: ca. 1468
Creation place: Italy

Other Information

Type: Tempera Painting
Medium and Support: Tempera and oil on panel
Credit Line: Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam
Accession Number: 1947.3
State/Province: Ascoli Piceno
Dimensions: 24 1/2 in. x 16 1/8 in. (62.23 cm x 40.96 cm)
Currently on view

Provenance

Conte Dohna-Mallmitz, ( - )

Oscar Huldschinsky, Berlin, Germany ( - )

P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd, London, England ( - July 1925)

J. Horace Harding, Sr., New York, New York ( - 1927)

Anne R. and Amy Putnam, San Diego, California ( - April 30, 1947)

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, New York (July 1925 - April 1926)

Thornton Realty Co., New York, New York (April 1926 - )

J. Horace Harding, Jr., New York, New York (1927 - March 1, 1941)

Jacob M. Heimann, New York, New York (1941 - 1947)

Sotheby's, New York, New York (March 1, 1944 - March 1, 1944)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (April 30, 1947 - )

Label Copy

One of the greatest artists of 15th-century Venice, Carlo Crivelli developed a sumptuous, expressive—and at times wildly eccentric—style all his own. This painting is a quintessential example of his work, with its starkly lit, haughty Madonna and its attention to decorative details. The tooled gold background recalls the iconic images of earlier centuries, but it is here juxtaposed with impressively naturalistic details: the transparent veil on the Virgin’s forehead, the sealed letter affixed to the wooden foreground ledge, or the apples hanging from the rod that holds the cloth of honor. The apples and drapery, moreover, cast a shadow onto the gold background, thus making the gold a part of the picture’s perspective scheme, a conceit used by few other artists but one typical of Crivelli’s highly refined style.
Last Updated: 9/16/2010

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

The Madonna in Art San Diego Museum of Art , 12/6/1957 - 12/29/1957

5 year loan to the new Timken Art Gallery , 9/2/1965 - 9/2/1970

Mantegna's Early Years Between 1445 and 1460 , 10/12/2006 - 3/8/2007

Marianela de la Hoz: Heaven and Earth, the Determined Freedom of an Undetermined Life The San Diego Museum of Art , 10/13/2012 - 4/16/2013

Ornament & Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , 10/22/2015 - 1/25/2016

Art of Devotion The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/28/2016 - 00/00/00

A Renaissance Original: Carlo Crivelli The Walters Art Museum , 2/28/2016 - 5/22/2016

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Julia Gethman Andrews (DUP). A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 49, 50, Figure Number: 49

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 60

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 104

Julie Dunn, ed. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 134, Figure Number: 134

Bernard Berenson. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance—Venetian School: Phaidon Press Limited. London, England, 1957
Page Number: 71

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 323

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 632

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 60, 61, Figure Number: 61

Agnes Mongan. European Paintings in The Timken Art Gallery: Putnam Foundation. San Diego, California, 1969
Page Number: 15, Figure Number: 15

Agnes Mongan and Elizabeth Mongan. European Paintings in The Timken Art Gallery: Putnam Foundation. San Diego, California, 1969
Page Number: 26, 27, 109, Figure Number: 5

Lionello Venturi. Pitture Italiane in America Ulrico Hoepli Editore. Milano, Italia, 1931
Page Number: 271, Figure Number: pl. 271

Lionello Venturi. Italian Paintings in America: E. Weyhe. New York, New York, 1933
Page Number: 360, Figure Number: pl. 360

Pietro Zampetti. Carlo Crivelli Aldo Martello Editore. Milano, Italia, 1961
Page Number: 7-8

Pietro Zampetti. Carlo Crivelli Aldo Martello Editore. Milano, Italia, 1961
Page Number: 71

Pietro Zampetti. Carlo Crivelli Aldo Martello Editore. Milano, Italia, 1961
Page Number: 2, Figure Number: 2

Anna Bovero. L'opera completa del Crivelli Rizzoli Editore. Milano, Italia, March, 1975
Page Number: 84, Figure Number: 1

Arthur Millier. The Art Digest The Art Digest, Inc.. New York, New York, January 1, 1948
Page Number: 9

The Madonna in Art San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1957
Page Number: 14 no. 47

William Wyatt Davenport. Art Treasures in the West Lane Magazine & Book Company. Menlo Park, California, 1966
Page Number: 131, Figure Number: 131

Ms. Claudia Leos. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 106, Figure Number: 106

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. Apollo The Financial Times Ltd.. London, United Kingdom, June 1982
Page Number: 441, 443, Figure Number: II

Twelve Great Paintings, Furniture and Works of Art of Outstanding Importance Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.. New York, New York, March 1, 1941
Page Number: 26 lot no. 55, 28, 29, Figure Number: 55

Mr. Wilhelm Bode. Die Sammlung Oscar Huldschinsky Gedruckt Bei Imberg & Lefson. Berlin, Germany, 1908
Page Number: 38, Figure Number: 38

Raimond van Marle. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting Hacker Art Books. New York, New York, 1970
Page Number: 5

Mr. Ronald Lightbown. Carlo Crivelli Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut, 2004
Page Number: 185-186, Figure Number: 58

Mr. Ronald Lightbown. Carlo Crivelli Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut, 2004
Page Number: 556

Mr. Ronald Lightbown. Carlo Crivelli Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut, 2004
Page Number: 558

and Stephen J. Campbell. Ornament & Illusion Paul Holberton Publishing. London, United Kingdom, 2015
Page Number: 150-152, Figure Number: Cat. 2

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