id: 133787
accession number: 1956.39
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Saint Christopher, c.1500. Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506). Pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 28.6 x 17.4 cm (11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); secondary support: 28.7 x 17.6 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1956.39
title: Saint Christopher
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creation date: c.1500
creation date earliest: 1495
creation date latest: 1505
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century
technique: pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 28.6 x 17.4 cm (11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 28.7 x 17.6 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
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description: beige(1) laid(?) paper, laid down on beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: upper left, in brown ink: di propria mano di / mi[o?] andrea matenga ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, across top, in red-brown pencil: [illegible] / [illegible] ; RECTO OF OLD MOUNT(now removed), upper right, in brown ink: 16.
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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 Drawings of the Renaissance
opening date: 1960-04-05T05:00:00
Italian Drawings of the Renaissance. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (April 5-May 8, 1960).
title: Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
opening date: 1962-01-23T05:00:00
Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).
title: Drawings
opening date: 1963-01-11T05:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).
title: Old Master Drawings
opening date: 1964-03-10T05:00:00
Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).
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: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).
title: Drawings from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1967-06-09T04:00:00
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968).
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: Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1986-12-16T05:00:00
Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).
CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 27, 1972-Feb. 2, 1973).
CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971; Mar. 16, 1971- (Gallery F remained open)).
CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).
CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 9, 1967-Jan. 21, 1968).
CMA, Old Master Prints and Drawings (July 29, 1966-Apr. 1, 1967).
CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).
CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).
CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).
CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Sep. 19-Nov. 5, 1962).
CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 7-Apr. 26, 1962).
CMA, Art and Humanism in the Renaissance (Jan. 22-Feb. 25, 1962).
Detroit Institute of Arts, Italian Drawings of the Renaissance (Apr. 5-May 8, 1960), no. 14, illus. p. 29.
CMA, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition (Mar. 3, 1958-Oct. 11, 1959).
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PROVENANCE
Conte Lodovico Moscardo, Verona (according to departmental card); Marquis of Calceolari (according to letters from Fritz Lugt and F. Matthiesen in file). [Francis Matthiesen, London]
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 567
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n106
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. 87
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n111
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. 87
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n111
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. 99
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n119
Karet, Evelyn. The Antonio II Badile Album of Drawings: The Origins of Collecting Drawings in Early Modern Northern Italy. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2014.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 79-81, 101; reproduced: p. 81, fig. 3.14
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Windows, Peter. "The Attributional Inscriptions in the Antonio II Badile Album of Drawings." Master Drawings, 56, no.4 (Winter 2018): 443-462.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 445, figs. 5-6
url:
Windows, Peter. "The Attributional Inscriptions in the Antonio II Badile Album of Drawings." Master Drawings 56, no. 4 (Winter 2018): 443-462
page number: Mentioned and reproduced; p.445, fig. 5-6
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