id: 111691
accession number: 1930.22
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.22
updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:16.558000
Interior of a Synagogue, c. 1725–1735. Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667–1749). Oil on canvas; framed: 140.5 x 167.5 x 6 cm (55 5/16 x 65 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 122 x 148.5 cm (48 1/16 x 58 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.22
title: Interior of a Synagogue
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creation date: c. 1725–1735
creation date earliest: 1725
creation date latest: 1735
current location: 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, 18th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Italian 18th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667–1749) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 140.5 x 167.5 x 6 cm (55 5/16 x 65 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 122 x 148.5 cm (48 1/16 x 58 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs
opening date: 1940-02-07T05:00:00
Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-March 7, 1940).
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
title: Paths of Abstract Art
opening date: 1960-10-05T04:00:00
Paths of Abstract Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960).
title: Alessandro Magnasco - 1667-1749
opening date: 1996-03-20T05:00:00
Alessandro Magnasco - 1667-1749. Palazzo Reale (organizer) (March 20-July 7, 1996).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Venice, 1929: "Il Settecento Italiano," cat. no. 14.', 'opening_date': '1929-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1936: "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of CMA," cat. no. 158, pl. XXXVIII.', 'opening_date': '1936-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Springfield (Massachusets) Museum of Fine Arts, 1938: "Alessandro Magnasco, ca. 1677-ca. 1749," cat. no. 3. cat. no. 6.', 'opening_date': '1938-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938: "Tiepolo and His Contemporaries," cat. no. 6.', 'opening_date': '1938-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, World\'s Fair, May 27-Oct. 31, 1939: "Masterpieces of Art," cat. no. 230.', 'opening_date': '1939-05-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'San Francisco, M.H de Young Memorial Museum, Dec. 28, 1939-Jan. 28, 1940: "Seven Centuries of Painting," cat. no. Y-86.', 'opening_date': '1939-12-28T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Feb. 7-Mar. 7, 1940: "Masterpieces of Art," cat. no. 47, pl. XVI.', 'opening_date': '1940-02-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Genoa, Palazzo Bianco, June 18-October 15, 1949: "Mostra del Magnasco," cat. no. 72, pls. 80, 81; L\'Orangerie, Paris, France.', 'opening_date': '1949-06-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Philadelphia Museum of Art, Nov. 3, 1950- Feb. 11, 1951: "Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting," cat. no. 32.', 'opening_date': '1950-11-03T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1956: "The International Language," no catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1960: "Paths of Abstract Art," cat. no. 7.', 'opening_date': '1960-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Milan, Italy, Comune di Milano, Palazzo Reale, March 20-July 7, 1996: "Alessandro Magnasco," cat #', 'opening_date': '1996-03-20T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Private collection, sold Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1928
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D'Atri Gallery (Paris, France)
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Benno Geiger, 1882-1965 (Vienna, Austria)
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Italico Brass (Venice, Italy), 1870-1943, sold through Harold Parsons to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1930-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"The Synagogue, by Alessandro Magnasco." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 4, part. 1 (April 1930): 66-73.
page number: Mentioned: p. 66-68, 73; Reproduced: p. 70
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137292
Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.
page number: Reproduced: p. 55
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n63
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 430
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n79
Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward B. Henning. Paths of Abstract Art. Cleveland, Ohio: H.N. Abrams, 1960.
page number: Reproduced: no. 7, p. 6; mentioned: pp. 6, 23
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 142
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n166
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 142
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n166
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 141
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n161
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 374-376; Reproduced: p. 375
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Franchini Guelfi, Fausta, and Veronique Damian. Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749): les années de la maturité d'un peintre anticonformiste (Exh. cat. Galerie Canesso, Paris, and Museo di Strada Nuova--Palazzo Bianco, Genoa, 2015).
page number: Mentioned: p. 25-26; Reproduced: p. 26, fig. 22
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Mende, Charlotte, and Alessandro Magnasco. Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749): eine visuelle Religionsgeschichte. Berlin : Reimer, 2022.
page number: Mentioned: p.53; reproduced: p. 55, abb. 9
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.22/1930.22_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.22/1930.22_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.22/1930.22_full.tif