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accession number: 1955.164
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A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto); Three Sketches of Arches (verso), 1782. Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793). Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash; sheet: 25.9 x 36.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1955.164
title: A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto); Three Sketches of Arches (verso)
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creation date: 1782
creation date earliest: 1782
creation date latest: 1782
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Italy, Venice, 18th century
technique: pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 25.9 x 36.8 cm (10 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
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: Aspects of Drawing
opening date: 1961-01-10T05:00:00
Aspects of Drawing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 10-April 2, 1961).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00
Drawings. 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
Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).
title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection
opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00
Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).
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: Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages
opening date: 1981-08-25T04:00:00
Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).
title: Venice as City and Theater
opening date: 1985-02-27T05:00:00
Venice as City and Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Eighteenth Century Venice. Whitechapel Art Gallery (January 3 - March 14 1951); Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (March 21 - April 18 1951).', 'opening_date': '1951-03-14T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Henry Oppenheimer, London; [his sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 1936, no. 93]
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Brinsley Ford, London; [his sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1954, no. 39]
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Francis, Henry. "Four Drawings by Francesco Guardi." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 1 (January 1958): 8-13.
page number: Mentioned: p. 9; Reproduced: p. 11
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142256
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. 148
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n172
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. 148
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n172
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. 146
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n166
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: P. 8, 70-71, 286; Reproduced: P. 71, cat. no. 25
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