id: 109182
accession number: 1927.337
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.337
updated: 2024-08-08 15:12:59.392000
Design for a Ceiling: Mars and Aries, 1700s. Italy, 18th century. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash and watercolor, with gouache, over traces of graphite; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 24.9 x 24.7 cm (9 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.); secondary support: 45.1 x 33.9 cm (17 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1927.337
title: Design for a Ceiling: Mars and Aries
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creation date: 1700s
creation date earliest: 1700
creation date latest: 1800
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Italy, 18th century
technique: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash and watercolor, with gouache, over traces of graphite; framing lines in brown ink
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
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measurements: Sheet: 24.9 x 24.7 cm (9 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 45.1 x 33.9 cm (17 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
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description: cream(3) laid paper (with two hinged pieces of cream(3) laid paper added as alternate design), tipped on green wove paper
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inscription: by artist, upper center, in brown ink: A. / [illegible]A ; by artist?, center right, in brown ink: N. I. ; by artist, across bottom, in brown ink: Levare La Cantonata N°. L. con Levare La colonna nell' angolo. e [pornici?] di sotto una conchiglia e So[tto?] Una maschera ; RECTO OF SEPARATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER (lower right), in brown ink: N [O?]. ; VERSO OF SEPARATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER (lower right), in graphite: nº 2343 / C [erased] c. an ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: 971
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830
opening date: 1932-12-07T05:00:00
Drawings in the Classic and Romantic Tradition before 1830. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 1932-January 8, 1933).
title: Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection
opening date: 1990-08-07T04:00:00
Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-08-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1986-12-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1980-10-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 102, illus., p. 119.", 'opening_date': '1979-03-06T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 27, 1972-Feb. 2, 1973).', 'opening_date': '1972-04-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971; Mar. 16, 1971- (Gallery F remained open)).', 'opening_date': '1970-12-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1968-01-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-05-06T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands (Jan. 14-Mar. 24, 1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-01-14T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).', 'opening_date': '1930-03-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-01-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Miscellaneous Installation" (Jan. 21-Feb. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-01-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, The Venetian Tradition (Nov. 8, 1956-Jan. 1, 1957), no. 75.', 'opening_date': '1956-11-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 30-Dec. 8, 1950; rehung Jan. 8, 1951, "with small changes").', 'opening_date': '1950-06-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May. 14, 1946- ).', 'opening_date': '1946-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 27, 1944- ).', 'opening_date': '1944-07-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1942-06-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Oct. 28, 1941-May 31, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1941-10-28T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Supplement to Silver Jubilee Exh." (July 22-Oct. 26, 1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-07-22T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 4-Apr., 1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-04-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings by Old Italian Masters from the Collection (June 5, 1940-Feb. 25, 1941).', 'opening_date': '1940-06-05T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Toledo Museum of Art, Four Centuries of Venetian Painting (Mar. 3-31, 1940), no. 84.', 'opening_date': '1931-03-03T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 4-Mar. 26, 1939).', 'opening_date': '1939-01-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Supplemented by Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 1-30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1930-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-06-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "40 Drawings from the Museum Collection" (May 28-Nov. 7, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-05-28T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Laces and Drawings from the Museum Collection (Dec. 16, 1936-Jan. 3, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1936-12-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May 21-Dec. 13, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-05-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections (July 10-Sep. 15, 1935).', 'opening_date': '1935-07-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Exhibition of Lace, Drawings, and Furniture (July 11-Sep. 3. 1934).', 'opening_date': '2011-07-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 5, 1930-Jan. 9, 1931; Feb. 20-Mar. 15, 1931; June 10, 1931-Jan. 16, 1932; Feb. 24-Mar. 17, 1932).', 'opening_date': '1931-02-20T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
[S. Mayer, Paris] (according to departmental card); Mr. Sizer (according to departmental card)
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