id:			120894
accession number:	1941.605
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.605
updated:		2025-08-07 20:35:51.168000

Study of Heads (recto); Crenelated Fortress (verso), 2nd half 1500s. Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602). Pen and brown ink; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 13.1 x 30.9 cm (5 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1941.605

title:				Study of Heads (recto); Crenelated Fortress (verso)
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creation date:			2nd half 1500s
creation date earliest:		1550
creation date latest:		1602
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creditline:			Gift of Robert Hays Gries
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culture:	Italy, second half 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink; framing lines in brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557–1602)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 13.1 x 30.9 cm (5 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	lower right, in black chalk: Ann . Carracci
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1942-06-17T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).

	title:		Drawings
	opening date:   1963-01-11T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

	title:		Old Master Drawings
	opening date:   1964-03-10T05:00:00
	<i>Old Master Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).

	title:		Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).

	title:		Baroque Imagery
	opening date:   1984-11-06T05:00:00
	<i>Baroque Imagery</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 1984-January 6, 1985).

	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:		Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650
	opening date:   1991-08-27T04:00:00
	<i>Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Jean-Denis Lempereur (Lugt 1740, lower right, in black ink). Unidentified collector's mark (lower left, in pen and black ink). Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch (according to departmental card)
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