id:			150452
accession number:	1981.227
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.227
updated:		2025-02-09 04:06:01.123000

Andromeda, c. 1720–30. Antonio Tarsia (Italian, 1663–1739). Terracotta; overall: 25.5 x 32 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 12 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee in memory of Professor Donald Weeks 1981.227

title:				Andromeda
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creation date:			c. 1720–30
creation date earliest:		1715
creation date latest:		1735
current location:		301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine
creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee in memory of Professor Donald Weeks
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culture:	Italy, Venice, 18th century
technique:	terracotta
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Antonio Tarsia (Italian, 1663–1739)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 25.5 x 32 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 12 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

	title:		The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
	opening date:   1988-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection
	date: -1964
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	(sold, Sotheby's, London, 30 July 1964, no. 113, as "probably Austrian, early 18th c.," to Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee)
	date: 1964
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	Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	date: 1964-1981
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1981-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1981." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (1982): 39-82.
	page number: 	no. 22, p. 46
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159758

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IMAGES

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