id: 152023
accession number: 1984.71
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.71
updated: 2023-08-23 22:51:06.065000
The Three Fates, Costume Designs, c. 1534. Pierre Milan (French), after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494–1540). Engraving; sheet: 25.5 x 42.6 cm (10 1/16 x 16 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1984.71
title: The Three Fates, Costume Designs
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creation date: c. 1534
creation date earliest: 1529
creation date latest: 1539
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Italy, 16th century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Robert-Dumesnil 90 (as Rene Boyvin, VII.53)
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CREATORS
* Pierre Milan (French) - artist
* Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494–1540) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 25.5 x 42.6 cm (10 1/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
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description: cream(3) laid paper
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inscription: lower center, in plate: Rous·de·Rous·Floren·Inventor: ; lower right, in plate: Cum privilegiio Regis. ; VERSO, lower center, in graphite: 736
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review for 1984
opening date: 1985-04-03T05:00:00
Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
title: Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints
opening date: 1990-08-07T04:00:00
Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
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PROVENANCE
purchased from (Hill-Stone, Inc., NY (cat. 9, 1984, no. 23))
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This engraving reproduces a trio of costume designs by Rosso Fiorentino. They were likely meant for a masquerade ball held at the court of King Francis I. Each figure represents one of the Three Fates, the female deities in Greek and Roman religion who controlled human destiny, often symbolized by cloth or thread—to indicate the spinning of human life. Here we see them holding (from left to right) wool, thread, and flax. Pierre Milan made a number of prints after the designs of Rosso Fiorentino. However, unlike the etchers working at the chateau of Fontainebleau, Milan worked as a professional engraver in Paris. His works have a cleaner, more polished look to them than the more experimental prints made at the chateau itself. Milan and his contemporaries in Paris formed an important group of printmakers who helped spread the Fontainebleau style. As professional printmakers with ties to the publishing industry, their works were printed in large numbers, unlike the rarer Fontainebleau etchings.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 37 no. 06, Summer
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 2
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-06/page/n1
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