id: 117023
accession number: 1937.569
share license status: CC0
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The Trial, 1790s. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite; sheet: 35 x 46.4 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.); image: 29.3 x 41.3 cm (11 9/16 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1937.569
title: The Trial
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creation date: 1790s
creation date earliest: 1790
creation date latest: 1799
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, 18th century
technique: pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, with black chalk; framing lines in brown ink over graphite
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 35 x 46.4 cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.); Image: 29.3 x 41.3 cm (11 9/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
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description: cream(1) laid paper
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inscription: signed, lower right, in brown ink: Dom°. Tiepolo f ; by artist, center, in brown ink: Grazia a Pu[ci?]ch / nela ; upper left, in brown ink: 35 ; upper left, in graphite: o ; lower left, in graphite: -o ; VERSO, upper right, in blue crayon: 6
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1939-01-04T05:00:00
Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 4-March 26, 1939).
title: Drawings by Old Italian Masters
opening date: 1940-06-05T04:00:00
Drawings by Old Italian Masters. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 5, 1940-February 25, 1941).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1941-03-04T05:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 27, 1941).
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: Mozart and the Age of Reason
opening date: 1956-01-15T05:00:00
Mozart and the Age of Reason. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 15-February 29, 1956).
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Masks and Masquerades
opening date: 1961-02-04T05:00:00
Masks and Masquerades. New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (organizer) (February 4-March 31, 1961).
title: Italian Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1968-01-30T05:00:00
Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-February 25, 1968).
title: Domenico Tiepolo's Punchinello Drawings
opening date: 1979-09-02T04:00:00
Domenico Tiepolo's Punchinello Drawings. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (September 2-October 6, 1979); Stanford University Museum of Art, Stanford, CA (November 13-December 30, 1979); Frick Collection, New York, NY (January 22-March 30, 1980).
title: The Tiepolos and Their World
opening date: 1981-10-06T04:00:00
The Tiepolos and Their World. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 6-November 22, 1981).
title: Venice as City and Theater
opening date: 1985-02-27T05:00:00
Venice as City and Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).
title: Domenico Tiepolo: Master Draftsman
opening date: 1996-09-14T00:00:00
Domenico Tiepolo: Master Draftsman. Civici Musei e Gallerie di Storia ed Arte, Castello, Udine (September 14-December 31, 1996); Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (January 15-March 9, 1997).
title: Comicity and Caricature in Tiepolo's Art
opening date: 2004-09-03T00:00:00
Comicity and Caricature in Tiepolo's Art. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy (September 3-December 5, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-02-27T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, The Tiepolos and Their World (Oct. 6-Nov. 22, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-10-06T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Bloomington, Indiana University Art Museum, Works of Domenico Tiepolo (1979), no. 36, illus.', 'opening_date': '1979-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'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': 'New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, Masks and Masquerades (Feb. 4-Mar. 31, 1961), no. 212.', 'opening_date': '1961-02-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition (Mar. 3, 1958-Oct. 11, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1958-03-03T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Kansas City, Mo., William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Mozart and the Age of Reason (Jan. 15-Feb. 29, 1956), no. 181.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-15T00:00:00'}
* {'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 (installed May 10, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-05-10T00:00:00'}
* {'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, Silver Jubilee Exhibition (June 23-Oct. 5, 1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-06-23T00:00:00'}
* {'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': 'CMA, "Life of Pulcinella" Series (Mar. 30-Apr. 30, 1939).', 'opening_date': '1939-03-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 4-Mar. 26, 1939).', 'opening_date': '1939-01-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-06-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '???--Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (May-June, 1929)--???', 'opening_date': '1929-05-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '(See department file--this mention would apply as well to acc. nos. 37.570 to 37.574, and 47.12 and 47.13.)', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy (9/3/2004 - 12/5/2004): "Comicity and Caricaure in Tiepolo\'s Art"', 'opening_date': '2004-09-03T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
[Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1920, lot 41]; [Colnaghi & Co.]; Richard Owen, Paris (all from Blooomington and Udine, 1996, p. 216, no. 155 and departmental card). Italico Brass, Venice (according to departmental card)
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