id: 145463
accession number: 1971.101
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Danaë, c. 1623. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; framed: 202.5 x 270 x 9 cm (79 3/4 x 106 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 162 x 228.5 cm (63 3/4 x 89 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1971.101
title: Danaë
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creation date: c. 1623
creation date earliest: 1618
creation date latest: 1628
current location: 217 Italian Baroque
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 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
* Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 202.5 x 270 x 9 cm (79 3/4 x 106 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 162 x 228.5 cm (63 3/4 x 89 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1971
opening date: 1971-12-28T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
title: Van Dyck. Grande pittura e Collezionismo a Genova
opening date: 1997-03-22T00:00:00
Van Dyck. Grande pittura e Collezionismo a Genova. Palazzo Ducale, Venice (March 22-July 13, 1997).
title: Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi
opening date: 2001-10-15T00:00:00
Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (October 15, 2001-January 20, 2002); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (February 11-May 12, 2002); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (June 15-September 15, 2002).
title: Caravage et le Caravagisme européen
opening date: 2012-06-22T00:00:00
Caravage et le Caravagisme européen. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (organizer) (June 22-October 14, 2012).
title: Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy
opening date: 2012-11-11T00:00:00
Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (November 11, 2012-February 10, 2013); Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (March 4-June 16, 2013).
title: Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi
opening date: 2021-04-11T04:00:00
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 11-August 28, 2021).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, 1971/72: "Caravggio and His Followers," cat. no. 32, pp. 103-105, colorplate 32 (catalogue by Richard E Spear). (Revised edition, cat. no. 32, p. 103, repr. p. 105 (black & white)).', 'opening_date': '1972-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Rome, Museo del Palazzo di Venezia (October 15, 2001-January 6, 2002); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 11-May 12, 2002); Saint Louis Museum of Art (June 15-September 15, 2002). "Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi.", exh. cat. no. 41, pp. 193-195.', 'opening_date': '2002-02-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Possibly Charles Spencer, Fifth Earl of Sunderland (1706-1758);
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Private collection, England;
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Hazlitt Gallery (London, England], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1971." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972): 3-46.
page number: Reproduced: p.12
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152412
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 135
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n155
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 346-348; Reproduced: p. 347
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Patrice Marandel, J., ed. Caravaggio and His Legacy. Los Angeles, CA: Prestel, 2012.
page number: Mentioned: p. 58; Reproduced: p. 59
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Musée Fabre. Caravage et le Caravagisme europée. Montpellier, France.
page number: ex. cat. no. 17, p. 124-125.
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterworks on Loan: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art: October 2016 through February 2017. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016
page number: p. 8-9
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Bissell, R. Ward, Laura Muti and Daniele De Sarno Prignano. Orazio Gentileschi: Cristo Deriso. Faenza: Edit Faenza, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 20
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Korkow, Cory, and Marcia Steele. Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio & Artemisia Gentileschi. Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced throughout
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Korkow, Cory. “The Gentileschi Variations.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 12-15.
page number: Reproduced: P. 12; Mentioned: P. 12, 15.
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Steele, Marcia. “Unlocking an Old Master: Conservation of Orazio Gentileschi's 'Danaë' reveals the artist's genius once again.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 44-45.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 44-45.
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