id:			145159
accession number:	1970.33
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.33
updated:		2025-10-31 11:23:27.348000

The Jewish Boy, c. 1892. Medardo Rosso (Italian, 1859–1928). Wax on plaster; overall: 23.2 x 18.1 x 14.9 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1970.33

title:				The Jewish Boy
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creation date:			c. 1892
creation date earliest:		1892
creation date latest:		1893
current location:		222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Italy, 19th century
technique:	wax on plaster
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Medardo Rosso (Italian, 1859–1928)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 23.2 x 18.1 x 14.9 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed on left shoulder:  "Bolgé/(M.?) Rosso."; inscribed inside:  Danila Rosso Parravicini.
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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:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-05-27T00:00:00
	<i>Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Rosso Family, Barzio, Italy
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	(Lords Gallery, Ltd., London, United Kingdom, 1970, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hawley, Henry H. "Sculptures by Jules Danlou, Henry Cros, and Medardo Rosso," <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LVIII,</em> no 9 (September, 1971):199-209
	page number: 	Reproduced: on cover
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	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1970." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 2 (1971): 22-71.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat no. 9, Reproduced: p. 42
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152361.

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. <em>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 61
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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. 217
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n237

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