id:			126243
accession number:	1948.461
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:08.805000

A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight, c.179(?). Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British, 1759–1817). Oil on canvas; framed: 70 x 85.5 x 5.5 cm (27 9/16 x 33 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 50.8 x 67.6 cm (20 x 26 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Henry W. Kent 1948.461

title:				A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight
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creation date:			c.179(?)
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Bequest of Henry W. Kent
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - British before 1800
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Julius Caesar Ibbetson (British, 1759–1817)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 70 x 85.5 x 5.5 cm (27 9/16 x 33 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 67.6 cm (20 x 26 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower left: "Julius Ibbetson / [...] / 179[...]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Nature and Natural Phenomena in Art of the Eighteenth Century
	opening date:   1964-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>Nature and Natural Phenomena in Art of the Eighteenth Century</i>. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (organizer) (February 20-March 15, 1964).

	title:		Bicentenary Exhibition, 1768-1968
	opening date:   1968-12-14T05:00:00
	<i>Bicentenary Exhibition, 1768-1968</i>. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (December 14, 1968-March 2, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Milwawukee, Wisconsin, War Memorial Building (for Children's Arts Program) October 1, 1958-February 15, 1959: "Man's Concept of Outer Space," (no catalogue). <br>Poughkeepsie, New York, Vassar College Art Gallery, February 20-March 15, 1964: "Nature and Natural Phenomena in Art of the Eighteenth Century," cat. no. 6. <br>London, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, December 10, 1968-February 1969: "Bi-Centenary Exhibition (Winter Exhibition),.

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PROVENANCE

	Henry W. Kent.; after his death, held in trust by the estate.
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	Estate of Henry W. Kent, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1948.
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wall description:
The scene depicts a family's distress upon finding that one of its members has drowned off the rocky shore of the Isle of Wight during a storm. A ship sinks in the wild sea, amid swirling dark clouds and lightning flashes. The artist had visited the Isle of Wight in 1791. Ibbetson began his career by copying Dutch landscape paintings for dealers. He is known to have produced copies and fakes in the style of other masters as well.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 471
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n86

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 155
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n179

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 155
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n179

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 194
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n214

	The Cleveland Museum of Art.<em> The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 193-194; Reproduced: p. 194
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