id:			144255
accession number:	1969.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.1
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:22.284000

The Oath of Abraham’s Servant, c. 1650–59. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664). Oil on canvas; framed: 71.2 x 94 x 9 cm (28 1/16 x 37 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 56 x 78.4 cm (22 1/16 x 30 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1969.1

title:				The Oath of Abraham’s Servant
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creation date:			c. 1650–59
creation date earliest:		1650
creation date latest:		1659
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Italy, 17th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 71.2 x 94 x 9 cm (28 1/16 x 37 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 56 x 78.4 cm (22 1/16 x 30 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	[Pinakos, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	date: 1969
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Percy, Ann. <em>Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque</em>. 1971.
	page number: 	40
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Louise d' Argencourt, and Roger Diederen. <em>Catalogue of Paintings</em>. Vol. III: <em>European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	326-327
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	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. 141
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n161

	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. 326; Reproduced: p. 327
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	Schloder, John E. <em>Baroque Imagery</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1984.
	page number: 	15, 81
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	Dillon, Gianvittorio. <em>Il Grechetto: il genio di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione</em>. Genova: Sagep, 1990.
	page number: 	133
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	Duffin, Ross. <em>RIdIM/RCMI Inventory of Music Iconography</em>. Vol. 8. New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1991.
	page number: 	no. 176, pp. 9, 37
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	Chong, Alan. <em>European &amp; American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
	page number: 	31
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	Orlando, Anna, Francesco Rotatori, and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Gio. Benedetto Castiglione genovese: il Grechetto a Roma : committenza e opere. Genova : Sagep editori, 2022.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 220, no. 32
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