id:			154830
accession number:	1989.41
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.41
updated:		2022-09-22 10:24:49.058000

The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1545. Jean Mignon (French), 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)  - 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 (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 (Artemis, London)
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wall description: 
Printmaking at Fontainebleau flourished briefly during the 1540s and seems to have stopped altogether by 1547. Jean Mignon was one of the four major etchers whose works are most closely associated with the workshop there. Almost all of Mignon's prints reproduce drawings by Luca Penni (1500/4–1557), an Italian painter active at the chateau. The elegantly elongated figures reflect the influence of Italian Mannerists, especially Parmigianino.
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