id:			147838
accession number:	1974.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.2
updated:		2023-08-23 22:28:37.164000

Return to Nazareth, 1735. Francesco Conti (Italian, 1681–1760). Oil on canvas; framed: 136.5 x 102.5 x 6 cm (53 3/4 x 40 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 118.2 x 84.2 cm (46 9/16 x 33 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1974.2

title:				Return to Nazareth
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creation date:			1735
creation date earliest:		1735
creation date latest:		1735
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Italian 18th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Francesco Conti (Italian, 1681–1760)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 136.5 x 102.5 x 6 cm (53 3/4 x 40 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 118.2 x 84.2 cm (46 9/16 x 33 1/8 in.)
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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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Gabriello Riccardi (Florence, Italy), 1735
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	Kurt Rossacher, Salzburg, Austria, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
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fun fact:


digital description:
Upon hearing rumor of a young king born to a virgin in Bethlehem, Herod, the ruler of Judea, jealously developed a plot to find and murder the infant Jesus. Fearing Herod's wrath, the Holy Family escaped to Egypt and eventually returned to Palestine-an echo of the great Exodus of the Old Testament. Conti trained in Rome but eventually made his career in Florence. Even given the pale colors, balletic poses, and attenuated forms, the sharp contrasts of dark and light, with figures emerging from deep shadow, attests to the long shadow of Caravaggio even in Florence a century later.

wall description:
Upon hearing rumor of a young king born to a virgin in Bethlehem, Herod, the ruler of Judea, jealously developed a plot to find and murder the infant Jesus. Fearing Herod's wrath, the Holy Family escaped to Egypt and eventually returned to Palestine-an echo of the great Exodus of the Old Testament. Conti trained in Rome but eventually made his career in Florence. Although the pale colors, balletic poses, and attenuated forms bear little resemblance to the other works along this wall, the sharp contrasts of dark and light, with figures emerging from deep shadow, attests to the long shadow of Caravaggio even in Florence a century later..
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 166
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n186

	The Cleveland Museum of Art.<em> The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p.5-7; Reproduced: p. 6
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IMAGES

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