id:			132126
accession number:	1954.680
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.680
updated:		2025-02-09 02:02:00.182000

Head of a Bishop, third quarter 1700s. Attributed to Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779). Red and black chalk; sheet: 35.2 x 25.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 in.); secondary support: 35.2 x 25.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1954.680

title:				Head of a Bishop
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creation date:			third quarter 1700s
creation date earliest:		1728
creation date latest:		1779
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Germany, 18th century
technique:	red and black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 35.2 x 25.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 in.); Secondary Support: 35.2 x 25.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 in.)
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	description:	orange-brown laid paper, tipped on to beige(2) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in graphite: To. Mengs. ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in brown ink: Ismael Mengs del 1712 ; lower right, in brown ink: P. [R?][illegible]
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PROVENANCE

	Valentine
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