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accession number:	1916.784
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Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, 1600s. Copy after Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642). Oil on canvas; framed: 55.3 x 47 x 7.7 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.); unframed: 40.7 x 34.6 cm (16 x 13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection 1916.784

title:				Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Holden Collection
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culture:	Italy, 17th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 55.3 x 47 x 7.7 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 40.7 x 34.6 cm (16 x 13 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Boston, 1883: American Exhibiion of Foregin Products, Arts, and Maufactures: Art Department, "Jarves Collection," cat. no. 414. (A Checklist of the collection exhibited by James jackson jarves at the Boston Exposition; the collection was viewed and subsequently purchased, in toto, by Mr . and Mrs. L. E Holden of Cleveland.)

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PROVENANCE

	James Jackson Jarves
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	Mrs. Liberty E. Holden, Cleveland
	date: 1884    
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection
	date: 1916    
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	James Jackson Jarves;
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	Mrs. Liberty E. Holden, Cleveland, 1884, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
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This small devotional picture by an anonymous 17th-century Venetian artist drew his composition from Guido Reni's large St. Andrew Led to Martyrdom fresco in Rome's Church of San Gregorio al Celio. The CMA painting portrays the central image of Reni's 1608 fresco by Reni. St. Andrew and his brother Peter were apostles of Christ and left all of their possessions to follow him. Andrew was martyred in Achaea. He requested to be crucified on the X-shaped cross because Andrew considered himself unworthy of dying on the same cross as Christ. Reni depicted an X-shaped cross in the fresco, while in this painting, the Latin cross is used. The Latin cross was common to Northern art, suggesting that the artist of this painting may have been Venetian. This representation of St. Andrew's martyrdom focuses on St. Andrew's adoration of the cross. The CMA version does not possess the chaos of Reni's larger scene, focusing instead on the central four figures, whereas in the original, a crowd of people surrounds the central group. The figure on the left bends in an unnatural pose and lacks the precision of Reni's original forms, suggesting that this piece is by another artist. The cross, originally seen in the distance, appears in the foreground of the smaller work, brought closer to St. Andrew to emphasize his relationship with God and his acceptance of his coming death.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art<em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 473; Mentioned: p. 472-473
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IMAGES

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