id: 150116
accession number: 1980.38
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updated: 2025-06-04 11:05:57.758000
Self-Portrait, mid 1700s. Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779). Pastel; sheet: 60.3 x 44.3 cm (23 3/4 x 17 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1980.38
title: Self-Portrait
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creation date: mid 1700s
creation date earliest: 1740
creation date latest: 1779
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creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: Germany, 18th century
technique: pastel
department: Drawings
collection: DR - German
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 60.3 x 44.3 cm (23 3/4 x 17 7/16 in.)
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description: vellum
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1980
opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, 1981: The Year in Review for 1980, cat. no. 57, illus. (Bulletin, June 1981)', 'opening_date': '1981-06-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Christies, sale: Dec. 9, 1955, lot 70, to Arnold Wiggins
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(Sale, Christies, Dec. 9, 1955, lot 70, to Arnold Wiggins); (Colnaghi, London)
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
page number: Reproduced: p. 194; Mentioned: p. 212z, no. 57
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.38/1980.38_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.38/1980.38_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.38/1980.38_full.tif