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accession number: 1951.334
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The Vision of Saint Jerome, c. 1660. Giovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635–1676). Oil on canvas; framed: 238 x 187 x 13 cm (93 11/16 x 73 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); unframed: 200.2 x 149.2 cm (78 13/16 x 58 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1951.334
title: The Vision of Saint Jerome
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creation date: c. 1660
creation date earliest: 1655
creation date latest: 1665
current location: 217 Italian Baroque
creditline: Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
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culture: Italy, 17th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Giovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635–1676) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 238 x 187 x 13 cm (93 11/16 x 73 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); Unframed: 200.2 x 149.2 cm (78 13/16 x 58 3/4 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: "LANGETI FAC.at"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Genoese Masters, Cambiaso to Magnasco, 1550-1750
opening date: 1962-10-19T04:00:00
Genoese Masters, Cambiaso to Magnasco, 1550-1750. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (organizer) (October 19-December 2, 1962); John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (January 5-February 17, 1963); Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (March 19-May 5, 1963).
title: Art in Italy, 1600-1700
opening date: 1965-04-06T05:00:00
Art in Italy, 1600-1700. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (April 6-May 9, 1965).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Mostra della pittura italiana, sei-e settecento italiano. Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy. (1922).
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PROVENANCE
Palazzo Conti, Vicenza (1758); (Italico Brass, Venice, 1922)
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Jerome (c. AD 347–420) studied Greek and Latin literature in Rome, but eventually pursued theology, perceiving his conduct as corrupt and sinful. Around AD 374, Jerome had a vision of the Last Judgment in which an angel called him to task for his transgressions. Jerome then withdrew from society, learned Hebrew, and studied the Gospels, which led to his influential translations of the Bible. Langetti here follows a convention by depicting Jerome's vision after he retreated from the world. Working in the northern Italian port of Genoa, Langetti absorbed Caravaggio's impact, seen in the composition's naturalistic bodies and dramatic light.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, Henry Swinburne, and Charles-Antoine Jombert. Voyage d'Italie ou, Recueil de notes sur les ouvrages de peinture & de sculpture, qu'on voit dans les principales villes d'Italie. Paris, France: 1758.
page number: Reproduced: p. 182
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Thieme, Ulrich, Felix Becker, Fred. C. Willis, and Hans Vollmer. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig, Germany: W. Engelmann, 1907
page number: Reproduced: p. 341, vol. XXII
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Mostra della pittura italiana del Seicento e del Settecento, 1922. Catalogo. Roma, Italy: Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1922.
page number: Reproduced: p. 111, no. 559
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Fiocco, Giuseppe. Giambattista Langetti e il naturalismo a Venezia / Giuseppe Fiocco. [Italy?]: [publisher not identified], 1922.
page number: Mentioned: P. 286; reproduced: P. 274
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Ojetti, Ugo, Luigi Dami, and Nello Tarchiani. La pittura italiana del seicento e del settecento alla Mostra di palazzo Pitti. Milano, Italy: Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1924.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 177
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Zarnowski, Jan, F Baumgart, and J Zarnowski. “Contributi Alla Conoscenza Di G.b. Langetti.” Bollettino D'arte 25 (1931): 97-106.
page number: Mentioned: P. 104
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Dickey, E. M. O'R. A Picture-Book of British Art. London: G. Bell, 1931.
page number: Reproduced: P. 32, pl. 35
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Francis, Henry D. "St. Jerome by Giovanni Battista Langetti." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XXXIX no. 2 (February, 1952): 24-26.
page number: Reproduced: p. 22
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Hispanic Society of America, and Elizabeth du Gué Trapier. Ribera in the Collection. 1952.
page number: Reproduced: p. 260
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Réau, Louis. Iconographie de l'Art Chrétien. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1955.
page number: Mentioned: Vol. III,pt. 2, P. 748
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Pigler, Andor. Barockthemen, eine Auswahl von Verzeichnissen zur Ikonographie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Budapest, Hungary: Verlag der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1956.
page number: Reproduced: p. 430
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Ananoff, Alexandre. L'Oeuvre Dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1732-1806; Catalogue Raisonné. Paris: F. de Nobele, libraire, 1961.
page number: Mentioned: P. 182, no. 1079
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Manning, Robert L., and Bertina Suida Manning. Genoese Masters, Cambiaso to Magnasco 1550-1750: Dayton Art Institute, October 19 - December 2, 1962, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, January 5 - February 17, 1963, Wadsworth Atheneum, March 19 - May 5, 1963. Dayton, OH: The Institute, 1962.
page number: Reproduced: p. 182
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Cummings, Frederick J. Art in Italy, 1600-1700. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 1965.
page number: Reproduced: p. 182
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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. 115
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n139
Donzelli, Carlo, and Giuseppe Maria Pilo. I pittori del Seicento veneto. Firenze, Italy: R. Sandron, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: p. 214
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Moir, Alfred. The Italian Followers of Caravaggio. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: p. 289, no. 52, vol. I; p. 82, fig. 398, vol. II
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Stefani, Marina. “Nuovi Contributi Alla Conoscenza Di Giambattista Langetti.” Arte Veneta: Rivista di Storia dell'Arte XX (1967): 190-202.
page number: Mentioned: P. 198
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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. 115
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n139
Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
page number: Reproduced: p. 103, 410, 574
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Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972.
page number: Mentioned: P. 103, 410, 574
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Sobral, Luis de Moura. "The Guercino Acquisition: A Singular Achievement in Drawing." M. [Montréal]: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal] VI (1974): 5-18.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 17, fig. 13
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 139
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n159
Newcome, Mary Young. Genoese Baroque Painting. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 38, fig. 21
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Pallucchini, Rodolfo, and Maria Maddalena Palmegiano. La pittura veneziana del Seicento. Venezia, Italy: Alfieri, 1981.
page number: Mentioned: p. 248, vol. I; Reproduced: p. 738, fig. 796, vol. II
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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: Reproduced: p. 356; Mentioned: p. 364-366
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Carneo, Antonio, Caterina Furlan, and Giuseppe Bergamini. Antonio Carneo: nella pittura veneziana del Seicento. Milan, Italy: Electa, 1995.
page number: Reproduced: p. 45, no. 27
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Orlando, Anna, Genova e il collezionismo nel Novecento : studi nel centenario di Angelo Costa. Torino, Italy: U. Allemandi, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 242
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Cuzin, Jean Pierre. Fragonard. Milan, Italy: 5 continents, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: p. 70
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Stefani Mantovanelli, Marinai. Giovanni Battista Langetti: il principe dei tenebrosi. Soncino, Italy: Edizioni dei Soncino, 2011.
page number: Reproduced: p. 111, fig. 57
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