id:			149106
accession number:	1977.37.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.37.2
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Scenes of Witchcraft: Day, 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 1977.37.2

title:				Scenes of Witchcraft: Day
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series:				
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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:		Salvator Rosa (1615-1673): Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic
	opening date:   2010-12-12T00:00:00
	<i>Salvator Rosa (1615-1673): Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic</i>. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (December 12, 2010-March 27, 2011).

	title:		The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft
	opening date:   2015-02-15T00:00:00
	<i>The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 15-June 14, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, January 1978: Year in Review, cat. no. 42', 'opening_date': '1978-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Kimbell Art Museum (12/12/2010 - 3/27/2011):  "Salvator Rosa (1615-1673): Bandits, Wilderness, and Magic", ex. cat. no. 21b, p. 170-173.', 'opening_date': '2010-12-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/15/2015 - 6/14/2015); "The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa\'s Scenes of Witchcraft"', 'opening_date': '2015-02-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Family of the Marchese Giovanni Niccolini, Florence; [Heim Gallery, London].  Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 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 2
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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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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 3. European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. 176B, p. 398 - 403
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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' Scenes</em>
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 224-231: Reproduced: Cover; P. 224, 228-229
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159591

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