id:			123615
accession number:	1944.19
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.19
updated:		2022-01-04 15:30:08.351000

Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem, mid 1540s. Master IRs (Italian). Engraving; sheet: 25.3 x 19.8 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1944.19

title:				Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem
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series:				
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creation date:			mid 1540s
creation date earliest:		1543
creation date latest:		1548
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Illus.Bartsch 23 (XXVIII Commentary.22)

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CREATORS

* Master IRs (Italian)  - artist
active 1st half of the 16th Century
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measurements: Sheet: 25.3 x 19.8 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
state of the work:	i/ii
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	cream(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, lower left, in graphite: B XV[underlined] ·22·1 ; lower center, in pen and gray-brown ink: G.[...]ck a [N...ro?] 1802. / In. N° 12617 ; lower center, in graphite: SC 11276 ; lower right, in graphite: 1883
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Kennedy and Co., NY)
	date: 
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wall description: 
According to ancient legend, when Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) came into the presence of the high priest of Jerusalem, he was so awestruck by the priest's piety that he approached the holy man on his knees.
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