id:			155841
accession number:	1991.146
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.146
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:11.060000

Statue of Cupid in a Wall Niche, late 18th century. Paolo Vincenzo Bonomini (Italian, 1757–1834). Pen and black ink (ruled in places) with traces of graphite, heightened with traces of white ; sheet: 20.2 x 32.8 cm (7 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.); secondary support: 27.2 x 40.1 cm (10 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry H. Hawley in memory of Greta Millikin 1991.146

title:				Statue of Cupid in a Wall Niche
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creation date:			late 18th century
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1800
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creditline:			Gift of Henry H. Hawley in memory of Greta Millikin
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, late 18th Century
technique:	pen and black ink (ruled in places) with traces of graphite, heightened with traces of white 
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Paolo Vincenzo Bonomini (Italian, 1757–1834)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 20.2 x 32.8 cm (7 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 27.2 x 40.1 cm (10 11/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	beige(1) laid paper (right half inset with additional sheet of beige(1) laid paper), perimeter mounted to cream-yellow laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	by artist(?), center, in brown ink: [pieds?]    [illegible] / <--------  3:  -----------------  6: ------------> ; RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: Detail de Niche dans un Boudoire~ / Style Louis XVI . fin du 18 eme Siecle ~ ; lower right, in graphite: N° 90 [sideways] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, printed in black on separately applied piece of paper: 59 ; on same sheet, in brown ink: A[P?]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
	opening date:   1992-10-27T05:00:00
	<i>Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum\'s 75th Anniversary" (Oct. 27, 1992-Jan. 3, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1992-10-27T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Alfred Beurdeley, Paris (Lugt 421, lower right, in black ink)
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