id:			155613
accession number:	1990.58
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.58
updated:		2025-04-01 11:09:47.597000

Six Prophets and Sibyls: The Prophet Joel, early 1570s. Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582), after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564). Engraving; sheet: 55.9 x 41.5 cm (22 x 16 5/16 in.); secondary support: 57.7 x 42.9 cm (22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jane and Robert Lewis in memory of Harold Fallon, 1990.58

title:				The Prophet Joel
title in original language:	
series:				Six Prophets and Sibyls
series in original language:	
creation date:			early 1570s
creation date earliest:		1570
creation date latest:		1575
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Jane and Robert Lewis in memory of Harold Fallon
copyright:			

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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 44

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CREATORS

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

* Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 55.9 x 41.5 cm (22 x 16 5/16 in.); Secondary Support: 57.7 x 42.9 cm (22 11/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
state of the work:	ii/v
edition of the work: 	

support materials:

	description:	two sheets (joined) of cream(1) laid paper, with edges (reinforced) laid down on  strips (2 cm. wide) of laid paper
	watermarks:	

inscriptions:

	inscription:	center, in plate: IOEL ; VERSO, upper center, in graphite: Lot 56[on paper strip glued to edge]/ No 7[?] ; upper right, in graphite: 31 ; lower left, in graphite: 23661 ; lower center, in graphite: Lot[on paper strip glued to edge] ; lower right, in graphite: L. a L. 44ii (of v)[on paper strip glued to edge ; lower right, in graphite: 121688.50 Joel[on paper strip glued to edge] ; lower right, in graphite: B. 18 I/2[on paper strip glued to edge]
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
	opening date:   2019-10-13T04:00:00
	<i>Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).

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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 (R.E. Lewis, Inc., Larkspur Landing, CA)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “Acquisitions: 1990.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 2 (February 1991): 30–45.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 35, no. 41
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161314

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IMAGES

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