id:			126768
accession number:	1949.185
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.185
updated:		2025-02-09 01:26:29.069000

Holy Family with a Shepherd, early 1520s. Battista Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–1548). Oil on canvas; unframed: 38.7 x 32 cm (15 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1949.185

title:				Holy Family with a Shepherd
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creation date:			early 1520s
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Battista Dossi (Italian, c. 1490–1548)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 38.7 x 32 cm (15 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Venetian Tradition
	opening date:   1956-11-08T05:00:00
	<i>The Venetian Tradition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957).

	title:		When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
	opening date:   1981-12-01T05:00:00
	<i>When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Fort Wayne Art Schl &amp; Mus. 11/14/55', 'opening_date': '1955-11-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, 1956: "The Venetian Tradition," cat. by Henry S. Francis; cat. no. 11, pl. VII.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982: "When Angels Bent Near the Earth To Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story," no cat. (Gallery A).', 'opening_date': '1981-12-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection. Bologna;
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	[Giuseppe Cellini, Rome], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1949
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: 	Reproduced: p. 341; Mentioned: p. 340
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	Francis, Henry. "An Oil by Dosso Dossi in the Holden Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 4 (April 1950): 63-66.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 63
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141626

	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. 84
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n108

	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. 84
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n108

	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. 97
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n117

	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. 340; Reproduced: p. 341
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