id: 132647
accession number: 1955.165
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Sketch for "The Assumption of the Virgin" (for St. James, Zbraslav, near Prague)?, c. 1744. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Oil on canvas; framed: 85 x 51.5 x 6.5 cm (33 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 71.6 x 38.2 cm (28 3/16 x 15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. N. Lester Farnacy 1955.165
title: Sketch for "The Assumption of the Virgin" (for St. James, Zbraslav, near Prague)?
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creation date: c. 1744
creation date earliest: 1739
creation date latest: 1749
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creditline: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. N. Lester Farnacy
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culture: Italy, 18th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Italian 18th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 85 x 51.5 x 6.5 cm (33 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 71.6 x 38.2 cm (28 3/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Venetian Tradition
opening date: 1956-11-08T05:00:00
The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957).
title: From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works of European and American Artists
opening date: 1968-10-22T04:00:00
From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works of European and American Artists. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 22-December 8, 1968).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, 1956: "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 28.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Akron Art Insitute, October 1-31, 1957: "Masterpieces Series,"', 'opening_date': '1931-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Balitmore (Maryland) Museum of Art, October 22-December 8, 1968: " From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works of European and American Artists," cat. no. 38, repr.', 'opening_date': '1968-10-22T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1955-
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Dr. and Mrs. N. Lester Farnacy, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: UNtil 1955
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(Alessandro Morandotti [1909-1979] Rome)
date: ?
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Hans Dietrich Gronau [1904-1951] or Carmen Groneau [1910-1999], London1
date: 1950
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1The price list for the 1950 Sotheby's sale lists "Gronau" as the buyer of this painting. Gronau could refer either to Hans Dietrich Gronau, an art historian, or his wife, Carmen, who would later become head of the Old Master Paintings department at Sotheby's, London. A "Mrs. Gronau" appears in the Getty Provenance Index database in the provenance of a sculpture in the National Gallery, London.
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(Mrs. Tancred Borenius sale, Sotheby’s, London, June 7, 1950, lot 126, sold to Gronau)
date: 1950
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Anne-Marie Rüneberg Borenius, Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire, consigned to Sotheby’s
date: 1948-1950
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Tancred Borenius [1885-1948], London, by descent to his wife, Anne-Marie Rüneberg1
date: Until 1948
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* 1In 1955, art dealer Francis Matthiesen wrote to CMA curator Henry Sayles Francis: “I remember the “Assumption of the Virgin” really well - I saw it many times in Tancred Borenius’ house.”
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CITATIONS
Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Drawings and Paintings. June 7, 1950.
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Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Drawings and Paintings. June 7, 1950.
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Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Drawings and Paintings. 1950.
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Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Drawings and Paintings. 1950.
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Francis Matthiesen, letter to Henry Sayles Francis, Nov. 9, 1955, in CMA curatorial file.
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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. 143
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n167
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. 143
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n167
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. 142
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n162
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 389-391; Reproduced: p. 390
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.165/1955.165_web.jpg
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full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.165/1955.165_full.tif