Virgin and Child with Angels
1460
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1460
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Virgin and Child with Angels is a 1460 unspecified by Neri di Bicci, a Early Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see Mary holding baby Jesus, surrounded by small angels with halos. This painting is one of hundreds Neri di Bicci made for churches in Florence. His shop kept a ledger—how much gold leaf, how many days of work, how much the client paid. Those notes still exist, so we know exactly what a 1400s altarpiece cost. To see how other artists painted the same scene, look up *Italy, 15th century*.
Neri de Bicci was a prolific painter of mainly religious themes, active principally in Florence as a panel painter. His grandfather, Lorenzo di Bicci was also a painter in Florence. His journals from the years 1453–75, including the rates of payment for his work, are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
The removal of a thick coat of soiled and discolored varnish in 1943 gave this painting new life.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Neri di Bicci (1419–1491) was an Italian painter active in his native Florence. A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he studied under his father, Bicci di Lorenzo, who had in turn studied under his father,…
See the richer artist pageYour cart is empty
Explore artworks →
