id:			123615
accession number:	1944.19
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.19
updated:		2025-02-09 01:02:38.393000

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
title in original language:	
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
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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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."', 'opening_date': '1997-08-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Kennedy and Co., NY)
	date: 
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