id:			104777
accession number:	1923.1101
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1101
updated:		2024-03-27 11:00:49.915000

The Birth of Venus , c. 1516. Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486–1527), after Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1923.1101

title:				The Birth of Venus 
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creation date:			c. 1516
creation date earliest:		1511
creation date latest:		1521
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creditline:			Gift of Ralph King
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch XIV.243.323 ; Le Blanc II.111.17 ; Pass. VI.69.31

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CREATORS

* Marco Dente (Italian, c. 1486–1527)  - artist

* Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520)  - artist
Raffaello Sanzio (Urbino, April 6, 1483-Rome, April 6, 1520), commonly known as Raphael, was one of the most admired Italian painters and architects on the High Renaissance. He was trained in his native city Urbino, a center of art and culture during the rule of the Duke Federico da Montefeltro. Around 1495, Raphael moved to Perugia and joined the master Pietro Perugino's workshop. He later sojourned to Siena, and then resided in Florence by the autumn of 1504. There, Raphael studied the works by Renaissance masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Fra Bartolomeo, and Masaccio. Raphael is best known for his paintings of Madonnas (from 1504 through 1507), and the frescoes that Pope Julio II commissioned to him in the Vatican Palace in Rome in 1514. The same year architect Donato Bramante died, and the pope appointed Raphael chief architect. Raphael's style was based on clarity of forms and harmonious compositions; after his death, his works were highly admired by both Mannerist and Baroque artists.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections
	opening date:   1924-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 23-October 23, 1924).

	title:		The Sea
	opening date:   1950-09-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Sea</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 23-October 25, 1950).

	title:		Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900
	opening date:   1999-03-14T00:00:00
	<i>Drawn to the Body: The Human Figure and the Graphic Arts, 1500-1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-May 23, 1999).

	title:		Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's
	opening date:   2002-08-25T00:00:00
	<i>Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).

	title:		Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
	opening date:   2017-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 117): October 7, 2013 - January 21, 2014.', 'opening_date': '2013-10-07T00:00:00'}

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