id:			130517
accession number:	1953.259
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.259
updated:		2025-02-09 01:53:32.541000

Sacrificial Offering in a Temple, after 1750. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink; sheet: 14.3 x 9.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); secondary support: 15.3 x 10.4 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1953.259

title:				Sacrificial Offering in a Temple
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series:				
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creation date:			after 1750
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1770
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 14.3 x 9.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 15.3 x 10.4 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper, laid down on cream(3) wove? paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	falsley signed, lower right, in brown ink: Piranesi ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in brown ink: Piranese ; upper left, in graphite: 9421 [underlined] 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	title:		Drawings
	opening date:   1963-01-11T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

	title:		Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands
	opening date:   1965-01-01T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).

	title:		Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1986-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).', 'opening_date': '1986-12-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands (Jan. 14-Mar. 24, 1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-01-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).', 'opening_date': '1963-01-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 7-Apr. 26, 1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-03-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition (Mar. 3, 1958-Oct. 11, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1958-03-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '[did not find a registrarial file for this one, Mar. 1996]-?', 'opening_date': '1996-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Erardo Aeschlimann, Milan]
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