id:			159474
accession number:	1996.249
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.249
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:25.827000

Bust of a Bearded Man (Doge Giovanni Cornaro), 1632–1636. Christoffel Jegher (Flemish, 1596–1652/53), after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). Chiaroscuro woodcut; sheet: 28.3 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charlotte Ekker and Charlotte Van der Veer Memorial Fund 1996.249

title:				Bust of a Bearded Man (Doge Giovanni Cornaro)
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creation date:			1632–1636
creation date earliest:		1632
creation date latest:		1636
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creditline:			The Charlotte Ekker and Charlotte Van der Veer Memorial Fund
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culture:	Flanders, 17th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein vol. IX, p. 192, no. 20

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CREATORS

* Christoffel Jegher (Flemish, 1596–1652/53)  - artist

* Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 28.3 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
state of the work:	I/II
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thomas Thane, London (inscribed May 1820) (Lugt 811); Arie Johannes Lamme, Rotterdam (Lugt 138)
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wall description:
Among the finest chiaroscuros of the 17th century are those of Jegher, a professional woodcutter who made prints after designs by Peter Paul Rubens from about 1632 until 1640. Although Rubens had employed engravers to reproduce and propagate his designs from about 1609, he did not utilize woodcut until later. Jegher produced nine woodcuts, including two chiaroscuros, after his images. Bust of a Bearded Man, based on a painting, is printed from four blocks, none of which alone produces the outline of the entire image. The resulting print is very painterly and a masterpiece in chiaroscuro.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Rare Korean Screen Painting, Important Baroque Drawing, Sheeler Drawing Join the Museum Collection,” October 10, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4074

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