id:			142477
accession number:	1966.239
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.239
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:16.305000

Seated Woman Searching for Fleas, c. 1671. Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636–1672). Red chalk over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink; sheet: 18.4 x 23.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.); secondary support: 18.4 x 23.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1966.239

title:				Seated Woman Searching for Fleas
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creation date:			c. 1671
creation date earliest:		1666
creation date latest:		1676
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	red chalk over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Dutch
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636–1672)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 18.4 x 23.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 18.4 x 23.4 cm (7 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	Japanese paper laid down on cream(3) laid paper, with fragments of tertiary and quaternary supports of beige(1) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper left, in blue pencil: VX ; VERSO OF QUATERNARY SUPPORT, upper center, in graphite: [mln?][upside down]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1967-03-29T05:00:00
	<i>Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 29-June 6, 1967).

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1967-06-09T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968).

	title:		Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism
	opening date:   1980-02-19T05:00:00
	<i>Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).

	title:		Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics
	opening date:   1982-04-27T04:00:00
	<i>Seventeenth Century Netherlandish Graphics</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-August 1, 1982).

	title:		Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Northern European Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1982-January 9, 1983).

	title:		Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1989-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>Netherlandish Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10-December 31, 1989).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	L. Suzor, Paris
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	Léon Suzor, Paris (according to departmental cataloging sheet/card). [Otto Wertheimer, Paris]
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