id: 122194 accession number: 1942.51 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.51 updated: 2023-08-26 11:09:33.767000 Sleeping Endymion, 1716. Agostino Cornacchini (Italian, 1686–1754). Marble; overall: 64.8 x 53.4 x 45.8 cm (25 1/2 x 21 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1942.51 title: Sleeping Endymion title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1716 creation date earliest: 1716 creation date latest: 1716 current location: creditline: Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey copyright: --- culture: Italy, 18th century technique: marble department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Agostino Cornacchini (Italian, 1686–1754) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 64.8 x 53.4 x 45.8 cm (25 1/2 x 21 x 18 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts opening date: 1949-09-30T04:00:00 Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949). 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1971: "Florence and the Arts - Five Centuries of Patronage," cat. no. 39, repr. --- PROVENANCE Private collection (Rome, Italy), ca. 1920-25 (according to a letter from Roberto Longhi, November 13, 1964); date: footnotes: citations: Grace Rainey Rogers, 1867-1943 (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Cornacchini moved away from the dramatic movement and light effects characteristic of baroque sculpture toward a calmer, gentler, more graceful style favored by 18th-century taste. This sculpture depicts Endymion, a beautiful young shepherd from Greek mythology. His beauty so entranced Selene, the personification of the moon, that she asked Zeus to grant Endymion immortality. Zeus did so, but only after placing Endymion in an eternal sleep. wall description: This sculpture depicts Endymion, a beautiful young shepherd from Greek mythology. Selene, the personification of the moon, was so entranced by him that she asked Zeus to grant Endymion immortality. Zeus did so, but at a cost; he put Endymion into an eternal sleep. Here, Endymion rests against the base of a tree, eyes closed and face tilted upward to the sky. His dog and shepherd's crook lie at his feet. The piece is skillfully carved out of white marble, with open space left between his leg and the statue base, and between his outstretched arm and the rest of his body. The base is incised with a pattern of bark and leaves, heightening the illusion that the young man has fallen asleep in a forest or meadow. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 116 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n140 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 116 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n140 Di Macco, Michela, Giuseppe Dardanello, and Chiara Gauna. Sfida al Barocco: 1680-1750 : Roma, Torino, Parigi. Genova: Sagep editori, 2020. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 25-26, fig. 5 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.51/1942.51_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.51/1942.51_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.51/1942.51_full.tif