id:			132046
accession number:	1954.601
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.601
updated:		2024-04-13 11:22:53.151000

Adoration of the Magi, c. 1500–1525. Attributed to Giulio della Torre (Italian, c. 1481-bef 1563). Bronze; overall: 23.5 x 31.9 cm (9 1/4 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.601

title:				Adoration of the Magi
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creation date:			c. 1500–1525
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1525
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, first quarter 16th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Giulio della Torre (Italian, c. 1481-bef 1563)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 23.5 x 31.9 cm (9 1/4 x 12 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Renaissance Bronzes in American Collections
	opening date:   1964-04-09T05:00:00
	<i>Renaissance Bronzes in American Collections</i>. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (April 9-May 3, 1964).

	title:		When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
	opening date:   1981-12-01T05:00:00
	<i>When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '"Austellung von Kunstwerken des Mittelalters und der Renaissance aus Berliner Privatbesitz," Berlin, 1899.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '"Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600,"', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Detroit Institute of Arts, 1958, no. 246.', 'opening_date': '1958-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Renaissance Bronzes in American Collections," Smith College Museum of Art, April 9 to May 3, 1964, no. 13.', 'opening_date': '1964-04-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections," Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.', 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly Marco Benavides, 1489-1582 (Padua, Italy)
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	By 1899. Probably Count Friedrich von Pourtales, 1853-1928 (St. Petersburg, Russia, and Berlin, Germany).
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	by 1953 - 1954  Dr. Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. “‘The Adoration of the Magi’ by Riccio.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 42, no. 1 (January 1955): 10–12. <br>Published as attributed to Riccio
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 10-12
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142006

	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. 86
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n110

	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. 86
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n110

	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. 100
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n120

	Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138. <br>Published as attributed to Riccio
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 87, fig. 25
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159934

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