id:			157194
accession number:	1993.8
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.8
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:18.102000

Skeletons, also known as Allegory of Death and Fame, 1518. Agostino Veneziano (Italian, 1490–1540), after Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494–1540). Engraving; sheet: 30.9 x 50.8 cm (12 3/16 x 20 in.); secondary support: 41.2 x 61.2 cm (16 1/4 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1993.8

title:				Skeletons, also known as Allegory of Death and Fame
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creation date:			1518
creation date earliest:		1518
creation date latest:		1518
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch 424 ( XIV.320) ; Passavant VI. 60.93

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CREATORS

* Agostino Veneziano (Italian, 1490–1540)  - artist

* Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494–1540)  - a design by

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measurements: Sheet: 30.9 x 50.8 cm (12 3/16 x 20 in.); Secondary Support: 41.2 x 61.2 cm (16 1/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
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	description:	cream(1) laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream(3) laid paper (Chatsworth mount)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in plate: ·AUGUSTINUS· / ·VENETUS·DE· / ·MUSIS· / FACIBAT· / 1518· / ·A·V· ; lower left, in pen and brown ink: J. 62.
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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:		Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's
	opening date:   2002-08-25T00:00:00
	<i>Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).

	title:		The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft
	opening date:   2015-02-15T00:00:00
	<i>The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 15-June 14, 2015).

	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; August 25-October 27, 2002.  "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."', 'opening_date': '2002-08-25T00:00:00'}

* {'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': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/15/2015 - 6/14/2015); "The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa\'s Scenes of Witchcraft"', 'opening_date': '2015-02-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680), London, stamp (Lugt 2092), lower center, in black ; Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, sold: Christie's, London, Dec. 5, 1985, lot 71, repr. ; purchased from (R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, CA)
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