id: 119616
accession number: 1940.465.b
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Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso), 1510–11. Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564). Red chalk heightened with traces of white; sheet: 23.4 x 33.5 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/16 in.); secondary support: 24.4 x 34.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in memory of Henry G. Dalton by his nephews George S. Kendrick and Harry D. Kendrick 1940.465.b
title: Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)
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creation date: 1510–11
creation date earliest: 1510
creation date latest: 1511
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creditline: Gift in memory of Henry G. Dalton by his nephews George S. Kendrick and Harry D. Kendrick
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culture: Italy, 16th century
technique: red chalk heightened with traces of white
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 23.4 x 33.5 cm (9 3/16 x 13 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 24.4 x 34.4 cm (9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
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description: beige(2) laid paper, perimeter mounted to gray laid paper
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inscription: upper center, in brown ink: 82 (?); upper right, in brown ink: V./.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes
opening date: 1945-01-30T04:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Ways of Drawing Nudes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-June 6, 1945).
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: Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries
opening date: 1960-05-18T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 18-October 11, 1960).
title: Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
opening date: 1962-01-23T05:00:00
Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
title: Old Master Drawings
opening date: 1964-03-10T05:00:00
Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).
title: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).
title: Seven Centuries of Italian Art
opening date: 1967-04-12T05:00:00
Seven Centuries of Italian Art. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (organizer) (April 12-May 21, 1967).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1967-06-09T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
title: Masterpieces of World Art from American Museums
opening date: 1976-09-11T04:00:00
Masterpieces of World Art from American Museums. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (organizer) (September 11-October 17, 1976); Kyoto National Museum (November 2-December 5, 1976).
title: Italian Drawings with von Hirsh Acquisitions
opening date: 1978-09-15T04:00:00
Italian Drawings with von Hirsh Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 15-December 4, 1978).
title: The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles
opening date: 1979-03-06T05:00:00
The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).
title: Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions
opening date: 1980-10-21T04:00:00
Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).
title: The Lessons of the Academy
opening date: 1983-02-08T05:00:00
The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).
title: National Schools of Style
opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00
National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
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).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections
opening date: 1998-02-08T00:00:00
Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-April 12, 1998).
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
title: From Raphael to the Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome
opening date: 2009-05-29T00:00:00
From Raphael to the Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.,, Canada (organizer) (May 29-September 6, 2009).
title: Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-03-09T00:00:00
Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
title: Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer
opening date: 2017-11-06T00:00:00
Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 6, 2017-February 12, 2018).
title: Michelangelo: Mind of the Master
opening date: 2019-09-22T04:00:00
Michelangelo: Mind of the Master. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2019-January 5, 2020); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (co-organizer) (February 25-November 1, 2020) https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/michelangelo_drawings/.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Pierre Crozat, Paris (L. 3612), his sale 1741
date: 1741
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Pierre Jean Mariette (L. 1852), Paris, his sale 1775-76, lot 236
date: 1775-76
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Bürckel family, Vienna
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Dr. Alexander de Frey, Temesvar, Romania, his sale, 1933, lot 7 (as school of Michelangelo)
date: 1933
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purchased by Henry G. Dalton (1862-1939), Cleveland
date: 1937
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by descent to his nephews George S. and Harry D. Kendrick, Cleveland
date: 1939
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gift to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1940-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Pillsbury, Edmund P. Florence and the Arts; Five Centuries of Patronage. 1971.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 58
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: P. 6, 30-33, 284; Reproduced: P. 32, cat. no. 6
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 155
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Chapman, H. "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer." Master Drawings 56, no.3 (Autumn 2018): 385-390.
page number: Reproduced: p. 387, fig. 4
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