id:			144649
accession number:	1969.277
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.277
updated:		2023-08-23 22:14:41.644000

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

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, Graphic Humor (June 1-Aug. 29, 1982).<br>CMA, Eighteenth-Century Master Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 6-Nov. 22, 1981).<br>CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).<br>CMA, "Year in Review for 1970" (Feb. 10-Mar. 7, 1971), cma Bulletin 58 (1971), p. 67 no. 78.

* [did not find a registrarial file for this one, Apr. 1996]-?

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PROVENANCE

	[R. E. Lewis, Inc.] (according to departmental card)
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fun fact:
The term "grotesque" derives from the Italian word "grotteschi," which refers to the grottoes found in ancient Roman houses that were rediscovered around 1500.

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wall description:
From an early age, Gaetano Gandolfi was admired for his drawings, many of which were created as independent works of art and avidly collected by Italian and British patrons. This drawing is one of Gandolfi’s so-called teste pittoriche, or pictorial heads. Devised by the artist in the 1770s, this genre is based on contemporary academic theories that proposed that human emotions could be scientifically classified by facial expressions.
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