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accession number: 1955.164.a
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A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto), 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.a
title: A Procession of Triumphal Cars in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Celebrating the Visit of the Conti del Nord (recto)
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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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description: cream(3) laid paper
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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: 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-February 25, 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).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Eighteenth Century Venice. Whitechapel Art Gallery (January 3 - March 14 1951); Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (March 21 - April 18 1951).
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PROVENANCE
Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932], London.
date: ?-1936
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(Sold at Henry Oppenheimer’s sale at Christie's, London, July 10, 1936, cat. no. 93.)
date: 1936
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Brinsley Ford [1908-1999], London.
date: ?-1954
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(Sold at Sotheby's, London, November 10, 1954, cat. no. 39.)
date: 1954
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(Richard H. Zinser, New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1955.)
date: probably 1954-1955
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
date: 1955-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Morassi, Antonio. Guardi:Tutti i Disegni di Antonio, Francesco E. Giacomo Guardi. Milan: Alfieri, 1975.
page number: Mentioned: p.124 under no. 266; Reproduced: no. 269.
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Pask, Kelly. “Francesco Guardi and the Conti del Nord: A New Drawing.” The J. Paul Getty Museum 20, (1992): 45-52.
page number: Mentioned: p. 52 under note 24
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Shaw, James Byam. “Francesco Guardi.” Old Master Drawings 9, no. 35 (December 1934).
page number: Mentioned: p. 50 under note 4.
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Arnolds, Günter. "Ein Festzug Auf Dem Marcus-Platz." Berliner Museen 62, no. 1/2 (1941): 17-1.
page number: Mentioned: p. 20
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Whitechapel Art Gallery. Eighteenth Century Venice: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Held at the Whitechapel Art Gallery from January 3 to March 14 and at The Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham from March 21 to April 18. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1951.
page number: Mentioned: p. 19 no. 42.
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Shaw, James Byam. The Drawings of Francesco Guardi. London: Faber and Faber, 1951.
page number: Mentioned: p 28, 69 no. 43; Reproduced: pl. 43.
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“Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, January-March, 1955.” The Art Quarterly 18, no. 3 (Autumn 1955).
page number: Mentioned: p. 307
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Francis, Henry S. "Four Drawings by Francesco Guardi." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 1 (1958): 8-13.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 12-13; Reproduced: p. 10.
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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
Bortolatto, Luigina Rossi. L’opera completa di Francesco Guardi. Milan: Rizzoli, 1974.
page number: Mentioned: p. 130 under no. 687.
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Shaw, James Byam. “Some Guardi Drawings Rediscovered.” Master Drawings 15, no. 1 (Spring 1977): 3-15.
page number: Mentioned: p. 5 under no.1
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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
Biadene, Susanna. “Le feste per i Conti del Nord: 'ironico e malinconico' crepuscolo del rococo.” Quaderni di Venezia Arti 1. Rome: Viella, 1992.
page number: Mentioned: p. 102; Reproduced: p. 250.
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Visentini, Margherita Azzi. “Feste.” Francesco Guardi: Vedute, Capricci, Feste. Venice: Electa, 1993.
page number: Mentioned: p. 192 under no. 69
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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: P. 8, 70-71, 286; Reproduced: P. 71, cat. no. 25
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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 and Reproduced: cat. no. 25, pp. 70-71, p. 286
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