id:			152554
accession number:	1985.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.37
updated:		2024-06-19 12:50:37.174000

Allegory of Life, 1561. Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582). Engraving; image: 38.1 x 54.4 cm (15 x 21 7/16 in.); secondary support: 43.1 x 59.4 cm (16 15/16 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.37

title:				Allegory of Life
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creation date:			1561
creation date earliest:		1561
creation date latest:		1561
current location:		
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Lewis&Boorsch 28 iia/vi

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CREATORS

* Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 38.1 x 54.4 cm (15 x 21 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 43.1 x 59.4 cm (16 15/16 x 23 3/8 in.)
state of the work:	iia/vi
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper, mounted to laid paper, with an approximately 2.5 cm. wide strip of laid paper applied to each of the four edges (over edges of primary support)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	center, in plate: SEDET ÆTERNVM / QVE SEDEBIT IFOELIX [line over the 'I' beginning IFOELIX] ; lower left, in plate: RAPHAELIS VRBINATIS INVENTVM. / PHILIPPVS DATVS ANIMI GRATIA / FIERI IVSSIT. ; lower center, on tablet in boat, in plate: GEORGIVS / GHISI MAT. / .F 1.5.6.1. [line over 'A'] ; lower right, in plate: TV NE CEDE MALIS : SED / COTRA AVDENTIOR ITO [line over 'O' in COTRA] ; VERSO, center, in pen and brown ink: [illegible word crossed out] ; lower right, in graphite: 7073
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

	title:		Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit
	opening date:   2023-07-02T04:00:00
	<i>Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-October 29, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."', 'opening_date': '1997-08-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 117): June 3, 2013 - October 7, 2013.', 'opening_date': '2013-06-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Earl Spencer [1708-1746], Althorp, stamp (Lugt Supp. 2341a), lower left, in blue
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	(Artemis Fine Arts, Ltd., London, England), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 25, 1985–
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IMAGES

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