id: 129881
accession number: 1952.296.3
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The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea, 1514–15, printed 1549. Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576), Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, 1503–1603). Woodcut; unframed: 41 x 54.9 cm (16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.296.3
title: The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red Sea
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creation date: 1514–15, printed 1549
creation date earliest: 1514
creation date latest: 1515
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Italy, Venice, 16th century
technique: woodcut
department: Prints
collection: PR - Woodcut
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Mauroner 24
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CREATORS
* Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576) - artist
Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, was the greatest Italian painter of 16th-century Venice, known for his expressive brushwork, brilliant color, and hazy atmospheric effects. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, a small town on the Venetian side of the Alps around 1490. He moved to Venice when he was ten years old, and started his artistic training under the mosaicist Sebastiano Zuccato. He later joined Gentile's and Giovanni's Bellini workshops, and started a collaboration with the painter Giorgione on the frescoes of the Fondaco dei tedeschi in 1508. Titian's "Assumption of the Virgin" (1516-1518) for the church's high altar became the masterwork that helped establish him as one of the leading painters in the Venetian area. Over his career, Titian created paintings for prestigious commissioners, such as Pope Paul III, king Philip II of Spain, and Charles V. In his later years, Titian mainly focused on religious and mythological subjects. he died of plague on August 27, 1576 in Venice. Titian's artistic oeuvre had a great impact on later generations of painters, such as Rembrandt, Diego Velàzquez, Anton van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens.
* Domenico dalle Greche (Italian, 1503–1603) - publisher
Italian painter, wood engraver, and publisher, active 1543-1548
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measurements: Unframed: 41 x 54.9 cm (16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
opening date: 2003-08-17T00:00:00
Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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CITATIONS
Richards, Louise. "The Titian Woodcut by Domenico Dalle Greche." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 9 (November 1956): 197-201, 203.
page number: Mentioned: p. 197
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142160
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IMAGES
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