id:			141571
accession number:	1965.17
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.17
updated:		2025-02-09 03:09:59.461000

Male(?) Figure Seen from Below, c. 1740s. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash; sheet: 22.5 x 16.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.); secondary support: 26 x 19.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1965.17

title:				Male(?) Figure Seen from Below
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creation date:			c. 1740s
creation date earliest:		1740
creation date latest:		1749
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22.5 x 16.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 26 x 19.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(2) laid paper, tipped on cream(2) laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

	title:		Italian Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1968-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Italian Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968).

	title:		The Tiepolos and Their World
	opening date:   1981-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>The Tiepolos and Their World</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 6-November 22, 1981).

	title:		Venice as City and Theater
	opening date:   1985-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Venice as City and Theater</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, The Tiepolos and Their World (Oct. 6-Nov. 22, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-10-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).', 'opening_date': '1968-01-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1965" (Oct. 27-Nov. 14, 1965), cma Bulletin 51 (1965), p. 156 no. 147, illus. p. 135.', 'opening_date': '1965-10-27T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Stettiner, Paris (according to note on fragment of old mat). [Nathan Chaikin] (departmental card)
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