id:			149104
accession number:	1977.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.37
updated:		2025-02-09 03:55:20.074000

Scenes of Witchcraft, c. 1645–1649. Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673). Oil on canvas; framed: 76.2 x 9.6 cm (30 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 54.5 cm (21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.37

title:				Scenes of Witchcraft
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creation date:			c. 1645–1649
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1654
current location:		217 Italian Baroque
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade 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

* Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 76.2 x 9.6 cm (30 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 54.5 cm (21 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed: "SR [monogram]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		Baroque Imagery
	opening date:   1984-11-06T05:00:00
	<i>Baroque Imagery</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 1984-January 6, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Niccolini Family (Florence, Italy) by 1657
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	Private collection (Florence, Italy)
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	Heim Gallery (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Langdon, Helen. Salvator Rosa Paint and Performance. London: Reaktion Books, Limited, 2022.
	page number: 	Chapter 3
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	Università di Urbino. Notizie da Palazzo Albani. Art &amp; Architecture Complete. Urbino: Argalìa, 2009. pp.81-104.
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	Fabbri, Sara. “<em>Quattro Tondi con Incantesimi </em>di Salvator Rosa nella collezione del marchese Filippo Niccolini.” <em>Notizie da Palazzo Albani</em> XXXVIII (2009): 81-104.
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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. 138
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n158

	Salerno, Luigi, and Ira Kohn. "Four Witchcraft Scenes by Salvator Rosa." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 7 (September 1978): 225-231.<br>Published as: <em>Witches' Scene, Witches' Sabbath</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 224-231: Reproduced: P. 224-225; 228-229
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159591

	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. 398-403; Reproduced: p. 399-402
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	Hofstadter, Dan. "Big Baby" <em>Art &amp; Antiques</em>. February 2011, Vol. 34 Issue 2, pp. 64-73.
	page number: 	p. 73
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	Segrave, Hannah. "The Novel and the Bizarre: A focus exhibition looks at four 17-th century <em>tondi </em>by Salvator Rosa.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 55, no. 1 (January/February 2015): 8-10.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 8; Mentioned: p. 10.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-01

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