id: 117029
accession number: 1937.574
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.574
updated: 2025-02-09 00:20:57.217000
The Cattle Vendor, 1790s. Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink and graphite; sheet: 35.4 x 47.3 cm (13 15/16 x 18 5/8 in.); image: 29.5 x 41.7 cm (11 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1937.574
title: The Cattle Vendor
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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, over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink and 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: 35.4 x 47.3 cm (13 15/16 x 18 5/8 in.); Image: 29.5 x 41.7 cm (11 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
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description: cream(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: signed, lower right, in brown ink: Dom°. Tiepolo f ; upper left, in graphite: 8 [7?] ; upper left, in graphite: o ; VERSO, upper right, in blue crayon: 5
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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 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 Artist and the Theater
opening date: 1960-04-05T05:00:00
The Artist and the Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 5-September 12, 1960).
title: Drawings Before 1800
opening date: 1968-01-01T05:00:00
Drawings Before 1800. Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI (organizer) (January 1-February 29, 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: From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators
opening date: 1986-05-13T04:00:00
From Block Books to Baskin: Artists as Illustrators. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-August 17, 1986).
title: Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1986-12-16T05:00:00
Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1986-12-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, From Block Books to Baskin: Artists As Illustrators (May 13-Aug. 17, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-05-13T00:00:00'}
* {'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. 14, illus.', 'opening_date': '1979-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Appleton, Wis., Worcester Art Center of Lawrence University, Drawing before 1800 (Jan.-Feb. 1968), no. 27.', 'opening_date': '1968-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, The Artist and the Theater (Apr. 5-Sep. 11, 1960).', 'opening_date': '1960-04-05T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director\'s Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-03-13T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "CMA, removed, director's corridor (Oct. 19, 1954).", 'opening_date': '1954-10-19T00:00:00'}
* {'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" (Jan. 11-Apr. 8, 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-01-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA (in gallery II June 26, 1943).', 'opening_date': '1943-06-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 4-Apr., 1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-04-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA (June 12-Nov. 4, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-06-12T00:00:00'}
* {'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'}
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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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Francis, Henry. "Six Drawings from the Life of Pulcinella by the younger Tiepolo." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 4 (April 1938): 46-49.
page number: Mentioned: p. 48
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25138005
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IMAGES
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