id:			140473
accession number:	1964.383
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.383
updated:		2024-09-04 14:26:17.324000

Rib Cages, early 1540s. Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510–1561). Pen and brown ink; sheet: 11.6 x 23.8 cm (4 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.); secondary support: 11.6 x 23.8 cm (4 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer 1964.383

title:				Rib Cages
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creation date:			early 1540s
creation date earliest:		1540
creation date latest:		1545
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	pen and brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Battista Franco (Italian, c. 1510–1561)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 11.6 x 23.8 cm (4 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 11.6 x 23.8 cm (4 9/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper, laid down on cream(3) laid(?) paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

	title:		The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles
	opening date:   1979-03-06T05:00:00
	<i>The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).

	title:		Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection
	opening date:   1990-08-07T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

	title:		Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
	opening date:   2019-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 49, illus., pp. 16, 23, 59.", 'opening_date': '1979-03-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Ars Medica (Aug. 3-Dec. 12, 1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-08-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1964" (Dec. 8, 1964-Feb. 17, 1965), cma Bulletin 51 (1964), p. 265 no. 115, illus. p. 241.', 'opening_date': '1964-12-08T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445, lower left, blind stamped). Samuel Woodburn, London (according to departmental cataloguing sheet, sale 4-8 June 1860, Christie's London; Lugt 2584, not stamped). Boguslaw Jolles, Dresden and Vienna (Lugt 381a, lower left, in blue ink; according to departmental cataloguing sheet, sale 28-31 October 1895, Munich). Prof. Otto Neubauer, Munich and London (according to departmental card). Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cassirer, Cleveland
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