id:			154830
accession number:	1989.41
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.41
updated:		2025-08-08 00:06:32.223000

The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1545. Jean Mignon (French, active c. 1535–55), after Luca Penni (Italian, 1500/04–1557). Etching; sheet: 31.2 x 42.3 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.); secondary support: 32 x 43.1 cm (12 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1989.41

title:				The Adoration of the Magi
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creation date:			c. 1545
creation date earliest:		1540
creation date latest:		1550
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, 16th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch 14 (XVI.381)

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CREATORS

* Jean Mignon (French, active c. 1535–55)  - artist

* Luca Penni (Italian, 1500/04–1557)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 31.2 x 42.3 cm (12 5/16 x 16 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 32 x 43.1 cm (12 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
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	description:	cream(3) laid paper, laid down on cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: [illegible] ; lower center, in pen and  brown ink: n° 14 ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: L'adoration des Majes / page 381 ; lower right, in graphite: B. 14 présume [illegible word] du Jo Migon / D'aprés Luc Penni / ([Plus?] bella)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1989
	opening date:   1990-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1989</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).

	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).

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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'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Artemis, London)
	date: 
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	E. H. T. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 49; Mentioned: p. 76, no. 168
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160106

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IMAGES

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