Virgin and Child Adored by Saints Mary Magdalene and Nicolas of Bari; Christ Crucified with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

About the Artwork

The artist covered the sides and reverse of this panel with a thin layer of gesso (a type of plaster), allowing the texture of the rough wood to remain visible. He then painted it to resemble porphyry, a beautiful and valuable stone.

Provenance

Federico Ione, Siena; (Durlacher, New York, 1924)

Exhibition history

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963). Object in Focus: 15th Century Sienese Paintings: A Question of Forgery. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-May 11, 2003). Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

Quick Overview

Artist: Sano di Pietro (Italian, 1406–1481)
Date: 1400s
Medium: tempera and gold on wood
Dimensions: Image: 46 x 21.4 cm (18 1/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Framed: 58.2 x 28 x 4.8 cm (22 15/16 x 11 x 1 7/8 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. B. P. Bole, Mr. and Mrs. Guerdon S. Holden, Mrs. Windsor T. White, and the L. E. Holden Fund
Accession no.: 1924.199

More by Sano di Pietro in museum collections

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome, Bernardino of Siena, and Angels
Sano di Pietro
c. 1455 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000702

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.