id:			127949
accession number:	1950.578
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.578
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:17.136000

Venus, c. 1560. Danese Cattaneo (Italian, 1509–1573). Bronze; overall: 52.9 x 20 x 12 cm (20 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.578

title:				Venus
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creation date:			c. 1560
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1565
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Danese Cattaneo (Italian, 1509–1573)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 52.9 x 20 x 12 cm (20 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1962-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>Art and Humanism in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

	title:		Collecting Drawings in England
	opening date:   1987-11-03T05:00:00
	<i>Collecting Drawings in England</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).

	title:		The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
	opening date:   1988-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Hans Gutmann (Vienna, Austria)
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	Erich Lederer (Geneva, Switzerland), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1950.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 93
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n117

	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. 93
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n117

	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. 108
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n128

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IMAGES

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