id:			135289
accession number:	1958.300.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.300.b
updated:		2023-03-09 12:48:09.673000

Five Figure Studies (verso), 1600s. Anonymous. Graphite; sheet: 10.1 x 15.4 cm (4 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Moss 1958.300.b

title:				Five Figure Studies (verso)
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series:				
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Moss
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culture:	France, 17th century
technique:	graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Anonymous  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 10.1 x 15.4 cm (4 x 6 1/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection (Aug. 7-Oct. 28, 1990).

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Vincent van Gogh made this watercolor just over a year after beginning to work professionally as an artist.

digital description:
In September 1883 Van Gogh left the bustling Dutch city of The Hague in search of open countryside in which to paint. He moved to Drenthe, a village in northeastern Netherlands that was virtually untouched by the Industrial Revolution. He described the barren terrain as supremely beautiful and serene: "What tranquility, what expanse, what calmness in this nature." With a limited palette of steely greens and cool blues, Van Gogh masterfully portrayed one of the region’s expanses of heath—"a vast plane vanishing into infinity"—illuminated by the lilac hues of the evening sky.

wall description:
In September 1883 Van Gogh left the bustling Dutch city of The Hague in search of open countryside in which to paint. He moved to Drenthe, a village in northeastern Netherlands that was virtually untouched by the Industrial Revolution. He described the barren terrain as supremely beautiful and serene: "What tranquility, what expanse, what calmness in this nature." With a limited palette of steely greens and cool blues, Van Gogh masterfully portrayed one of the region’s expanses of heath-"a vast plane vanishing into infinity"-illuminated by the lilac hues of the evening sky.
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