id: 124084
accession number: 1944.86
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Declaration of Love, c. 1720. Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743). Oil on canvas; framed: 103 x 90.5 x 9 cm (40 9/16 x 35 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 80.1 x 64 cm (31 9/16 x 25 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.86
title: Declaration of Love
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creation date: c. 1720
creation date earliest: 1715
creation date latest: 1725
current location: 216B French and German
creditline: Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - French 18th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Nicolas Lancret (French, 1690–1743) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 103 x 90.5 x 9 cm (40 9/16 x 35 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 80.1 x 64 cm (31 9/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
opening date: 1934-11-09T05:00:00
Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 2, 1934).
title: The Venetian Tradition
opening date: 1956-11-08T05:00:00
The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957).
title: Intimate Encounters: Love and Domesticity in Eighteenth-Century France
opening date: 1997-10-04T00:00:00
Intimate Encounters: Love and Domesticity in Eighteenth-Century France. Hood Museum of Art (organizer) (October 4, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Toledo Museum of Art (February 14-May 8, 1998); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (May 26-August 18, 1998).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1934: "Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," no catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1934-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1944: "Exhibition of the Eliabeth Severance Prentiss Collection," cat. no. 8, p. 25, color frontispiece.', 'opening_date': '1944-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts, February 4-March 5, 1949: "Hats in History," cat. no. 6.', 'opening_date': '1949-02-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, April 26-May 31, 1950: "The Eighteenth Century Art of France and England," cat. no. 28, p. 11.', 'opening_date': '1950-04-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, November 1-November 28, 1951: "Italian, Spanish, and French Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries," cat. no. 35, frontispiece; Grand Rapids (Michigan) Art Gallery, December 12 1951-January 9, 1952.', 'opening_date': '1951-12-12T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Coe-College Art Gallery, May 16-June 16, 1952: "Centennial Exhibition," cat. no. 10, repr.', 'opening_date': '1952-05-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'West Palm Beach, Florida, Society of the Four Arts, December 12-1952-January 4, 193: "Eighteenth-Century Masterpieces," cat. no. 13.', 'opening_date': '1952-12-12T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Richmond, Virginia, Museum of Fine Arts, January 20-March 5, 1956: "Les Fêtes Galantes," no catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-20T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1956 "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 21, p. 25.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 14, 1959: "Age of Elegance: The Rococo and Its Effect," cat. no. 18, illus. p. 47. reproduced on Frontispiece of the Baltimore Museum of Art News.', 'opening_date': '1959-04-25T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Hanover, NH; Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio); Houston, TX; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Intimate Encounters: Love and Domesticity in Eighteenth-century France" (10/4/97 - 8/18/98), p. 94-96, cat. no. 4, color repr. p. 95.', 'opening_date': '1997-10-04T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
William Sharp Ogden (1845-1926), Finchley, London
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(Sale: Christie’s, London, December 6, 1927, no. 50)
date: December 6, 1927
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[Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY]
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Elisabeth Severance Prentiss (Mrs. Francis Fleury Prentiss) (1865-1944), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1928-1944
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1944-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
MOCATTA, Ernest G. Catalogue of the Collection of Objects of Art of the 15th, 16th and 17th Centuries, Porcelain and Faience, Formed by Ernest G. Mocatta ... Which, by Order of the Executors, Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ... December 6, 1927, Etc. William Clowes & Sons: London, 1927.
page number: no. 50
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Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
page number: Reproduced: p. [6], cat. no. 8; Mentioned: p. 25, cat. no. 8
url: https://archive.org/details/Prentiss/page/n29
"Recent Important Acquisitions of American Collections", Art Quarterly, VII, no. 3 (1944).
page number: pp. 222-25
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Francis, Henry S. “Paintings in the Prentiss Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 6 (1944).
page number: cover, p. 89
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141132
Art News, XLIII (October 1, 1944).
page number: cover
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 486
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n89
Saisselin, Remy G. "The Rococo as a Dream of Happiness," Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, XIX (Winter 1960).
page number: p. 150, fig. 2
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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. 133
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n157
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. 133
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n157
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 79-81; Reproduced: p, 80
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Rand, Richard, Juliette M. Bianco, and Mark Ledbury. Intimate Encounters: Love and Domesticity in Eighteenth-Century France. [Hanover, N.H.]: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 1997.
page number: p. 94-96, cat. no. 4
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Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art: Picture Book No. 4 . [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.
page number: Reproduced: p. 33
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1952
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IMAGES
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