id:			126278
accession number:	1948.487
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.487
updated:		2022-09-22 09:40:24.939000

Doorknocker with a Satyr Pulling an Ox's Horns, 1800s. Andrea Riccio (Italian, c. 1470–1532). Bronze; overall: 8.8 x 25.2 x 8.8 cm (3 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1948.487

title:				Doorknocker with a Satyr Pulling an Ox's Horns
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Italy, early 16th Century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Andrea Riccio (Italian, c. 1470–1532)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 8.8 x 25.2 x 8.8 cm (3 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts
	opening date:   1949-09-30T04:00:00
	<i>Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (fall, 1943-1944): "15th and 16th c. Sculpture in Bronze and Wood, lent by Dr. Ernst Wittman," (no cat.)<br>September 24, 1975 - November 16, 1975 "Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections," Cleveland Museum of Art, (cat no. 87)<br>July 13, 1982 - October 17, 1982 "The Age of Bronze," Cleveland Museum of Art, (no cat.)

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Ernö Wittmann (Budapest, Hungary)
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	R. Stora & Co. (New York, New York), by 1948, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1948.
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	Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948.
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Fanciful bronzes such as this one were extremely popular in the late 1500s in the north of Italy, where sculptors such as Andrea Riccio and Severo da Ravenna often featured bizarre imaginary creatures in their sculptures.  These artists exerted a long lasting influence on their peers and followers for the remainder of the sixteenth century.  However, this sculpture was not made in the 1500s.  Based on the weight and style of the Doorknocker it is most likely that it was made in the 1800s to mimic the style of Riccio and his followers.  This sculpture is solid; in the 1500s artists created hollow sculptures, to reduce the costs of the object and to decrease the chances of flaws in the sculpture.  However, in the 1800s when better bronze casting technology evolved and the price of the metal was less costly, artists created solid bronze sculptures based on sixteenth-century designs.  In particular, there was a considerable market in England for Renaissance Revival doorknockers to be used decoratively on pub doors.

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