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accession number: 1955.140
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Still Life with Birds and Fruit, c. 1650. Giovanna Garzoni (Italian, 1600–1670). Watercolor with graphite, heightened with lead white; sheet: 25.7 x 41.6 cm (10 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Elma M. Schniewind in memory of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geib 1955.140
title: Still Life with Birds and Fruit
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creation date: c. 1650
creation date earliest: 1645
creation date latest: 1655
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creditline: Bequest of Mrs. Elma M. Schniewind in memory of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geib
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culture: Italy
technique: watercolor with graphite, heightened with lead white
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Giovanna Garzoni (Italian, 1600–1670) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 25.7 x 41.6 cm (10 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries
opening date: 1960-05-18T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 18-October 11, 1960).
title: Water Color
opening date: 1962-06-06T04:00:00
Water Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 27, 1962).
title: European Watercolors Through the 18th Century
opening date: 1964-01-14T05:00:00
European Watercolors Through the 18th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 14-March 22, 1964).
title: Florentine Baroque in American Collections
opening date: 1969-04-16T05:00:00
Florentine Baroque in American Collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 16-June 15, 1969).
title: Women Artists, 1550 - 1950
opening date: 1976-12-21T05:00:00
Women Artists, 1550 - 1950. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (December 21, 1976-March 13, 1977); Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (April 12-June 12, 1977); Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA (July 14-September 4, 1977); The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (October 1-November 27, 1977).
title: The Magic of Still Life
opening date: 1986-11-04T05:00:00
The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 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: 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).
title: The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici, 1550-1750
opening date: 2002-03-03T00:00:00
The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici, 1550-1750. National Gallery of Art (organizer) (March 3-May 27, 2002).
title: Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2014-03-09T00:00:00
Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).
title: Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800
opening date: 2023-10-01T04:00:00
Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (co-organizer) (October 1, 2023-January 7, 2024) https://artbma.org/exhibition/making-her-mark-a-history-of-women-artists-in-europe-1400-1800; Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (co-organizer) (March 27-July 1, 2024) https://ago.ca/exhibitions/making-her-mark-history-women-artists-europe-1400-1800.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Elma M. Schniewind [1875-1954], Cleveland, OH
date: ?-1954
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: March 10, 1955
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Bacci, Mina, "Jacopo Ligozzi e la Sua Posizione Nella Pittura Fiorentina," Proporzioni Vol. IV (1963):
page number: pp. 53, 77, under no. 20, fig. 5 (as Jacopo Ligozzi)
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Palazzo reale (Naples, Italy). La Natura morta italiana. Milano: Alfieri & Lacroix, 1964.
page number: p. 28, under no. 17
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Columbia University, and Joan Nissman. Florentine Baroque Art from American Collections. 1969.
page number: no. 36, pp. 42-42, fig. 18
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Harris, Ann Sutherland, and Linda Nochlin. Women Artists, 1550-1950. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.
page number: no. 21, p. 136
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Ciardi, Roberto Paolo, and Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi. Immagini anatomiche e naturalistiche nei disegni degli Uffizi, secc. XVI e XVII. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 1984.
page number: p. 64
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Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italy), and Comitato Raffaello e Seicento fiorentino. Il Seicento fiorentino: arte a Firenze da Ferdinando I a Cosimo III : Palazzo Strozzi 21 dicembre 1986/4 maggio 1987. Firenze: Cantini, 1986.
page number: p. 459, under no. 1.259
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Casale, Gerardo, Giovanna Garzoni, and Paola Lanzara. Giovanna Garzoni: "insigne miniatrice," 1600-1670. Milano: Jandi Sapi, 1991.
page number: no. a35 (as after Giovanna Garzoni), pp. 30, 45 (illus), 47, 90
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Piland, Sherry, and Donna G. Bachmann. Women Artists: An Historical, Contemporary, and Feminist Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
page number: p. 77 (illus)
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Trinity Fine Art Ltd, "An Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, Prints, and Paintings," 6 May-15 May, 1998.
page number: p. 36, under no. 16
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, 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: cat. no. 19, pp. 58-59, pp. 285-86; Reproduced: p. 59
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Meloni Trkulja, Silvia, Elena Fumagalli, and Giovanna Garzoni. Still lifes, Giovanna Garzoni = Giovanna Garzoni, Stilleben = Natures mortes, Giovanna Garzoni. 2000.
page number: pp. 50-51 (illus).
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Tongiorgi Tomasi, Lucia, and Gretchen A. Hirschauer. The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2002.
page number: cat. no. 56, p. 89
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Palter, Robert. The Duchess of Malfi's Apricots, and Other Literary Fruits. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2002.
page number: fig. 10, p. 73
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Kehlenbeck,Gerhard, Thomas le Claire,and Karoline von Kügelgen. Master Drawings NO. 26 (Hamburg : Le Claire Kunst, 2010).
page number: cat. no. 6.
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Lanthony, Philippe. A Natural History of Colour Vision. 2012.
page number: p. 32
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Garrard, Mary D. "The Not-So-Still Lifes of Giovanna Garzoni." In "The Immensity of the Universe" in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni. Sheila Barker, ed., 62-77. Livorno: Sillabe, 2020.
page number: Mentioned: P. 71; reproduced: P. 14-15, 73, fig. 10
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Caffi, Margherita, Gianluca Bocchi, and Ulisse Bocchi. Margherita Caffi e l'atelier dei Vicenzini. 2022.
page number: Mentioned: p. 17, p.34 note 40; reproduced: p. 41, VV.4a
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Banta, Andaleeb Badiee, Alexa Greist, and Theresa Kutasz Christensen. Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800. Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions ; Toronto, Ontario : AGO ; Baltimore, Maryland : Baltimore Museum of Art, 2023.
page number: Mentioned, pp. 109, 226, illus. (detail), p. 109, fig. 3, cat. 155, p. 227, illus., p. 227
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