The Virgin and Child

Also known as: Madonna and Child

Inscriptions

VERSO, lower right, in graphite: Lorenzo di Cre[di, paper skinned] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), lower left, in graphite: No. 5 [underlined]

Exhibition history

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964). Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964). Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968). Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968). Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971). Italian Drawings with von Hirsh Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 15-December 4, 1978). The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979). Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982). Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

Quick Overview

Artist: Lorenzo di Credi (Italian, 1459–1537)
Date: c. 1510
Medium: metalpoint, (losses on left sleeve of the Madonna restored in pen and brown ink?); framing lines in black and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 14.5 x 9.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 14.5 x 9.4 cm (5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Accession no.: 1963.472

Provenance

E. Desperet, Paris Emile Galichon, Paris Louis Galichon, Paris John Postle Heseltine, London Henry Oppenheimer, London 1936: with Christie, Manson & Woods, London Sir Thomas Barlow, London 1959: with P. & D. Colnaghi Dr. Francis Springell, Prague & Portinscale, Cumberland 1959: with P. & D. Colnaghi with Richard H. Zinser, New York 1963: Purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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