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accession number:	1974.194
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.194
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Shepherds and Shepherdesses, 1789. Conrad Martin Metz (German, 1749–1827). Red chalk over black chalk; sheet: 21 x 29.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals 1974.194

title:				Shepherds and Shepherdesses
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creation date:			1789
creation date earliest:		1789
creation date latest:		1789
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creditline:			Gift of Moselle Taylor Meals
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	red chalk over black chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Conrad Martin Metz (German, 1749–1827)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 21 x 29.7 cm (8 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in red chalk: C Metz / 1789 ; VERSO, upper left, in graphite: 3 [circled] ; upper left, in graphite: Metz [sideways] ; lower left, in graphite: 2790 SLATKIN ; lower center, in graphite: blue ; lower center in graphite: 12 x 15 / 18 ; lower right, in graphite: 308 ; lower right, in graphite: ZEO [partially erased] / FU / ZEO
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979
	opening date:   1979-09-04T04:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4, 1979-January 27, 1980).

	title:		The Lessons of the Academy
	opening date:   1983-02-08T05:00:00
	<i>The Lessons of the Academy</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

	title:		Rococo, Revolution, Restoration
	opening date:   1989-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Rococo, Revolution, Restoration</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).

	title:		French Drawings from the Collection
	opening date:   1994-12-13T05:00:00
	<i>French Drawings from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Edward Peart, London and Butterwick (Lugt 892, lower left, in black ink)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (1975): 62-102.
	page number: 	p. 100 no. 83.
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152580.

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