id: 136898
accession number: 1961.38
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Navicella (recto) Two Drawings of Ships (verso), c. 1410s. Parri Spinelli (Italian, 1387–c. 1453). Pen and brown ink (iron gall); sheet: 27.2 x 37.2 cm (10 11/16 x 14 5/8 in.); secondary support: 32.8 x 42.8 cm (12 15/16 x 16 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.38
title: Navicella (recto) Two Drawings of Ships (verso)
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creation date: c. 1410s
creation date earliest: 1410
creation date latest: 1419
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, Arezzo, 15th century
technique: pen and brown ink (iron gall)
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Parri Spinelli (Italian, 1387–c. 1453) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 27.2 x 37.2 cm (10 11/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 32.8 x 42.8 cm (12 15/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
title: The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400
opening date: 1962-10-23T04:00:00
The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 23-December 2, 1962).
title: Gothic Art 1360-1440
opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00
Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 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: 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: 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: Drawings
opening date: 1968-06-11T04:00:00
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-October 21, 1968).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-07-13T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).
title: Italian Drawings with von Hirsh Acquisitions
opening date: 1978-09-15T04:00:00
Italian Drawings with von Hirsh Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 15-December 4, 1978).
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).
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).
title: Michelangelo: Mind of the Master
opening date: 2019-09-22T04:00:00
Michelangelo: Mind of the Master. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2019-January 5, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Italian Drawings. Burlington House. London, 1930.', 'opening_date': '1930-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Collection of Marquess of Northampton from Castle Ashby. Christie's, London 1959.", 'opening_date': '1959-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Giorgio Vasari (according to Richardson, Ottley, Kurz, Virch, Collobi). Jonathan Richardson Sr., London (Lugt 2183, lower right, in black ink); [his sale, 28 January 1747, no. 68]; Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (Lugt 2364, lower right, in black ink); [probably his sale, 15 March 1798, no. 967]. C. M. Metz, Rome and London. W. Young Ottley, London. [Sale, 11 June 1814, no. 622]; possibly Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445, incomplete blind stamp, lower left); Samuel Woodburn, London; [his sale, Christie's, London, 12 June, 1860, no. 1230, as Giotto, Calling of St. Peter); Gase, Paris (from annotated sale catalogue). Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby; [Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London].
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” July 20, 1961, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0772
Schmitt, Annegrit, Bernhard Degenhart, and Giuseppe Fiocco. Disegni del Pisanello e di maestri del suo tempo. Venezia: N. Pozza, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 22, cat. no. 15
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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. 57
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n81
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. 57
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n81
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. 65
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n85
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, 18-21, 283; Reproduced: P. 19, cat. no. 1
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Bresciani, Aristide."Brevi Cenni Sulla Tarda Attivitá di Spinello de Luca." In "In nome di buon pittore" Spinello e il suo tempo: atti della giornata di studio in memoria di Luciano Bellosi: Arezzo, 8 novembre 2011. Firenze: Edifir edizioni Firenze, 2016
page number: Mentioned: 124-125; Reproduced: p. 124
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Bresciani, Aristide. Spinello di Luca detto Aretino. 2021, 247.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced; p. 247, fig, 67.
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IMAGES
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