id:			118634
accession number:	1939.653
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.653
updated:		2023-04-01 11:07:49.479000

Copy of a Roman Statue of a Seated Woman, c. 1450–94. Circle of Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1449–1494). Pen and brown ink (two different colors) with graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink; sheet: 23 x 12.8 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.); secondary support: 23 x 12.8 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1939.653

title:				Copy of a Roman Statue of a Seated Woman
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creation date:			c. 1450–94
creation date earliest:		1445
creation date latest:		1494
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creditline:			Gift of Robert Hays Gries
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culture:	Italy, 15th century
technique:	pen and brown ink (two different colors) with graphite; framing lines in pen and brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1449–1494)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 23 x 12.8 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.); Secondary Support: 23 x 12.8 cm (9 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper, lined with cream(3) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Upper right, in red crayon: 5°°
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	inscription:	unidentified collector's mark, lower left, in blue ink.
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	inscription:	recto of secondary support, in top half, in brown ink: [illegible, visible in transmitted light]
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	inscription:	verso of secondary support, upper center, in red crayon: A 37
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	inscription:	upper center, in graphite: Donatello
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	inscription:	upper center, in red crayon: [Donatello?] [erased]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism
	opening date:   1980-02-19T05:00:00
	<i>Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).

	title:		Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1986-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

	title:		Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection
	opening date:   1990-08-07T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

	title:		Michelangelo: Mind of the Master
	opening date:   2019-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Michelangelo: Mind of the Master</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2019-January 5, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism (Feb. 19-Mar. 23, 1980), pp. 16-7, illus.

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland, OH
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	Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1939
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 19, 1939-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Miller, Michael. "A Michelangelo Drawing." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 5 (1990): 146-74.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 158; Mentioned: p. 158, 173
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161284

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IMAGES

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