id:			140072
accession number:	1963.87.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.87.a
updated:		2023-12-07 18:04:39.496000

Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto), c. 1535. Romanino (Italian, 1484/87–1562). Pen and brown ink, with point of brush and brown wash  over black chalk (traces of red chalk and purple wash unrelated to composition); sheet: 16.3 x 24.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); secondary support: 23.6 x 31 cm (9 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1963.87.a

title:				Romulus and Remus Found by Faustulus (recto)
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1535
creation date earliest:		1530
creation date latest:		1540
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink, with point of brush and brown wash  over black chalk (traces of red chalk and purple wash unrelated to composition)
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Romanino (Italian, 1484/87–1562)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 16.3 x 24.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 23.6 x 31 cm (9 5/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper, hinged to light brown modern laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper right, in black ink: [2?]00
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).<br>CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 121, illus., p. 137.<br>CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).<br>CMA, Old Master Prints and Drawings (July 29, 1966-     ).<br>CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).<br>CMA, "Year in Review for 1963" (Nov. 26, 1963-Jan. 5, 1964), cma Bulletin 50 (1963), p. 294 no. 142, illus. p. 267.

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PROVENANCE

	[Kurt Meissner]
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