id:			150452
accession number:	1981.227
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.227
updated:		2022-01-04 16:55:31.275000

Andromeda, c. 1720-1730. 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. 1720-1730
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 (organizer).

	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 (sold, Sotheby's, London, 30 July 1964, no. 113, as "probably Austrian, early 18th c.," to Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee.
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	Dr. and Mrs. Sherman E. Lee, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
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To stop attacks by a sea monster sent to punish Queen Cassiopeia for bragging that she was more beautiful than the nymphs of the sea, an oracle decreed that her virgin daughter, Andromeda, be tied to a rock and sacrificed to the creature. The hero Perseus would eventually save her, but artists often chose this moment as an opportunity to display a young, nude woman, justified by a veneer of mythology.
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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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