id:			144649
accession number:	1969.277
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.277
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:38.368000

Five Grotesque Heads, 1750–1800. Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk; sheet: 29.5 x 20.2 cm (11 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Frederick M. Mayer 1969.277

title:				Five Grotesque Heads
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creation date:			1750–1800
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1800
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Frederick M. Mayer
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 29.5 x 20.2 cm (11 5/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	verso, upper left, in graphite: [9?]
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	inscription:	lower left, in graphite: 91127
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	inscription:	lower right, in graphite(?): 6 -
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

	title:		Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions
	opening date:   1980-10-21T04:00:00
	<i>Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).

	title:		18th Century Master Drawings
	opening date:   1981-10-06T04:00:00
	<i>18th Century Master Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 6-November 22, 1981).

	title:		Graphic Humor
	opening date:   1982-06-01T04:00:00
	<i>Graphic Humor</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-August 29, 1982).

	title:		Stories from Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Graphic Humor (June 1-Aug. 29, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Eighteenth-Century Master Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 6-Nov. 22, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1981-10-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).', 'opening_date': '1980-10-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Year in Review for 1970" (Feb. 10-Mar. 7, 1971), cma Bulletin 58 (1971), p. 67 no. 78.', 'opening_date': '1971-02-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '[did not find a registrarial file for this one, Apr. 1996]-?', 'opening_date': '1996-04-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[R. E. Lewis, Inc.] (according to departmental card)
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