id: 130937 accession number: 1953.626 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.626 updated: 2025-06-18 11:14:26.891000 Allegorical Figure, c. 1635. Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644). Black chalk with red chalk ; matted: 55.7 x 40.5 cm (21 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.); sheet: 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1953.626 title: Allegorical Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1635 creation date earliest: 1630 creation date latest: 1640 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 17th century technique: black chalk with red chalk department: Drawings collection: DR - Italian type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644) - artist --- measurements: Matted: 55.7 x 40.5 cm (21 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.); Sheet: 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: beige(1) laid paper (discolored) watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: lower left, in brown ink: Prete Genovese; verso, lower center, in brown ink: P.G. r: 35. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Venetian Tradition opening date: 1956-11-08T05:00:00 The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). title: Italian and French Drawings opening date: 1959-10-13T04:00:00 Italian and French Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 1959-February 2, 1960). title: Drawings opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). title: Old Master Drawings opening date: 1964-03-10T05:00:00 Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964). 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). 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). title: Old Master Prints and Drawings opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00 Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). title: Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1967-03-29T05:00:00 Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 29-June 6, 1967). title: Drawings from the Museum Collection opening date: 1967-06-09T04:00:00 Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968). title: Bernardo Strozzi: Paintings and Drawings opening date: 1967-10-08T04:00:00 Bernardo Strozzi: Paintings and Drawings. University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY (organizer) (October 8-November 5, 1967). title: Italian Prints and Drawings opening date: 1968-01-30T05:00:00 Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968). title: Drawings opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00 Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968). title: Old Master Drawings from American Collections opening date: 1976-04-29T04:00:00 Old Master Drawings from American Collections. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (April 29-June 13, 1976). title: Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism opening date: 1980-02-19T05:00:00 Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980). title: Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions opening date: 1980-10-21T04:00:00 Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981). title: Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1986-12-16T05:00:00 Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987). title: Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 opening date: 1991-08-27T04:00:00 Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991). title: Bernardo Strozzi: Genova 1581/82-Venezia 1644 opening date: 1995-05-06T04:00:00 Bernardo Strozzi: Genova 1581/82-Venezia 1644. Palazzo Ducale (Genova), Genova, Italy (May 6-August 6, 1995). title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00 Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE possibly to Strozzi's pupil Ermanno Stroiffi (1616-1693), Venice date: 1644?-ca. 1654 footnotes: citations: "Borghese"-Sagredo collection, Venice (Lugt 2103a, with associated inscription "P.G. no. 35") date: ca. 1654 footnotes: citations: by descent to Zaccaria Sagredo (1653-1729), Venice date: -1729 footnotes: citations: by descent to his nephew, Gherardo Sagredo (died 1738) date: 1729-1738 footnotes: citations: with Hans M. Calmann (1899-1982), London date: 1953 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1953- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 110566 Allegorical Figure, c. 1636. Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581?-1644). Oil on canvas; framed: 178.5 x 133.5 x 12 cm (70 1/4 x 52 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 145.8 x 99.8 cm (57 3/8 x 39 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1929.133 relationship: preparatory for --- CITATIONS Turner, Jane S., ed. The Dictionary of Art, vol. 29. New York: Grove, 1996. page number: Mentioned: p. 784 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Venetian Tradition: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1956. page number: Mentioned: p. 41, n. 76 url: "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." Art Quarterly 19, no. 3 (Autumn 1956): 302-306. page number: Mentioned: p. 306; Reproduced: p. 304 url: Comstock, Helen. "A Drawing by Bernardo Strozzi." The Connoisseur 138, no. 557 (November 1956): 211-212. page number: Mentioned: pp. 211-212; Reproduced: p. 212 url: Francis, Henry S. "A Drawing for Strozzi's 'Minerva.' " The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 43, no. 6 (June 1956): 123-126. page number: Mentioned: pp. 123-126; Reproduced: p. 124 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142136 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 573 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n107 Cummings, Frederick J., ed. Art in Italy 1600-1700. Detroit, MI: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965. page number: Mentioned: pp. 177-178; Reproduced: p. 177, n. 204 url: Mahon, Denis. "Stock-taking in Seicento Studies." Apollo 82, no. 45 (November 1965): 378-391. page number: Mentioned: p. 386; Reproduced: p. 384, n. 8 url: 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 Mortari, Luisa. Bernardo Strozzi. [Rome]: De Luca, 1966. page number: Mentioned: pp. 61, 99, 219; Reproduced: n. 474 url: Matteucci, Anna Maria. Bernardo Strozzi. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1966. page number: Mentioned: p. 7, n. 4 url: Milkovich, M. Bernardo Strozzi: Paintings and Drawings. Binghamton, NY: University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1968. page number: Mentioned: pp. 12, 72, 86; Reproduced: p. 87, n. 37 url: 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 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. 136 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n156 Meder, Joseph. The Mastery of Drawing, vol. 2. Translated by Winslow Ames. New York: Abaris Books, 1978. page number: Mentioned: p. 302; Reproduced: n. 153 url: Johnson, Mark M. Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980. page number: Mentioned: pp. 45-47; Reproduced: p. 46, n. 51 url: Pignatti, Terisio. Disegni antichi del Museo Correr di Venezia: catalogo, vol. 1. Vicenza: Nera Pozzi, 1980. page number: Mentioned: p. 24 url: Lurie, Ann T., ed. European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries: The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part Three. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 421, n. 184a url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. page number: Reproduced: p. 93 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991 Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. page number: Mentioned: p. 229 url: Newcome, Mary. "Oil Sketches and Drawings by Strozzi." antichità viva 32, no. 6 (1993): 14-24. page number: Mentioned: p. 21 url: Gavazza, Ezia, Giovanna Nepi Sciré, and Giovanna Rotondi Terminiello. Bernardo Strozzi: Genova 1581/82-Venezia 1644. Milan: Electa, 1995. page number: Mentioned: pp. 222, 280-281, 304; Reproduced: p. 305 url: Mortari, Luisa. Bernardo Strozzi. Rome: De Luca, 1995. page number: Mentioned: p. 201; Reproduced: p. 223, n. 2 url: DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications: New York, 2000. page number: Mentioned: P. 56; Reproduced: P. 57, cat. no. 18 url: Strozzi, Bernardo, Anna Orlando, and Daniele Sanguineti. Bernardo Strozzi, 1582-1644: la conquista del colore. Genova : Sagep editori, 2019. page number: Mentioned: p/. 362; Reproduced: p. 360, p. 365, fig. 7 url: Bober, Jonathan, Piero Boccardo, and Franco Boggero. Superbarocco: arte a Genova da Rubens a Magnasco. Milano : Skira, 2022. page number: Mentioned: p. 292, 297; reproduced: p. 296, no. 82 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.626/1953.626_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.626/1953.626_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.626/1953.626_full.tif