id:			141594
accession number:	1965.19
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.19
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:13.248000

Venus Discovering the Dead Adonis, c. 1650. Italy, Naples. Oil on canvas; framed: 213.5 x 268.7 x 8 cm (84 1/16 x 105 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 184.4 x 238.8 cm (72 5/8 x 94 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1965.19

title:				Venus Discovering the Dead Adonis
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1645
creation date latest:		1655
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Italy, Naples
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type:		Painting
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measurements: Framed: 213.5 x 268.7 x 8 cm (84 1/16 x 105 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 184.4 x 238.8 cm (72 5/8 x 94 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Re-presenting the Baroque
	opening date:   1997-10-01T00:00:00
	<i>Re-presenting the Baroque</i>. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1, 1997-April 1, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "on loan to the Musée d'Art et d'Historie, Geneva, from ca. 1950 to 1960.", 'opening_date': '1950-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, 1966: "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions," cat., CMA Bull., LIII (September 1966), p. 280 no. 65, repr. p. 219.', 'opening_date': '1966-09-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Gainesville, FL: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 10/97 - 4/19/98 Re-presenting the Baroque (no catalogue)', 'opening_date': '1998-04-19T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Jean Bartoloni, Château de Versoix, Switzerland
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	La Comtesse de Rouge and La Marquise de Divonne, both daughters of Bartolini (sale: Christie’s. London, April 1, 1960, no. 101, pl. LIII); [Frederick M. Mont, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1965.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1965, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1311

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 131
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n155

	Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." <em>Artnews</em> 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40; Mentioned: p. 43
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 131
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n155

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 151
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n171

	The Cleveland Museum of Art<em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 507-509; Reproduced: p. 508
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 188; reproduced: P. 170-171
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	Kurkow, Cory. “Venus and Adonis: A masterpiece? Yes. By Ribera? Probably not.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 58, no. 3 (May/June 2018): 16-17.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 16; Mentioned: P. 16-17.
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