id:			150068
accession number:	1980.274
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.274
updated:		2025-06-07 11:10:36.547000

Lion, 1750s. Giuseppe Baldrighi (Italian, 1723–1803). Oil on canvas; framed: 108 x 92 x 7 cm (42 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 79.5 x 64 cm (31 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.274

title:				Lion
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creation date:			1750s
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1759
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creditline:			Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - French 18th Century
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Giuseppe Baldrighi (Italian, 1723–1803)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 108 x 92 x 7 cm (42 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 79.5 x 64 cm (31 5/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  Oudry
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, 1981, "Year in Review 1980," no. 62.', 'opening_date': '1980-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	- 1785   Count Otto Thott, 1703 - 1785 (Gavnoe Castel, Denmark), upon his death, by inheritance to his heirs
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	1785-    Heirs of Otto Thott
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	(London sales 1968)
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	sold, Christie's, London, July 9, 1976, lot 124, to Noah L. Butkin.
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	Noah L. Butkin, upon his death, held in trust by the estate.
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	Estate of Noah L. Butkin, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219. <br>Published as: Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Oudry
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 165; Mentioned: p. 212, no. 62
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

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IMAGES

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