id: 159483
accession number: 1996.257
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Study for the Head of St. Michael, 1633. Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596–1669). Black chalk; sheet: 19 x 16.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.); secondary support: 31.9 x 27.6 cm (12 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1996.257
title: Study for the Head of St. Michael
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creation date: 1633
creation date earliest: 1633
creation date latest: 1633
current location:
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Italy, 17th century
technique: black chalk
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Italian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596–1669) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 19 x 16.8 cm (7 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 31.9 x 27.6 cm (12 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
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description: beige(1) laid paper, perimeter mounted to cream(3) laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Italian Drawings from the Collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (October 26, 1985 - January 5, 1986); The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (February 14 - April 20, 1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-02-14T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 28 March 1979, no. 173a (as Francesco Romanelli in catalogue, attribution changed to Pietro da Cortona by date of sale).
date: 1979
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Duke Roberto Ferretti di Castelferretto, London.
date: 1979?-1996
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his sale, Christie's, London, 2 July 1996, no. 47.
date: 1996
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1996-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Merz, Jörg Martin. Pietro da Cortona: Der Aufstieg zum führenden Maler im barocken Rom. Tübingen: Ernst Wasmuth, 1991.
page number: Mentioned: p. 234, note 215; Reproduced: n. 366
url:
Russell, Francis. "Salesroom Discovery: A Study by Pietro da Cortona." The Burlington Magazine 121, no. 915 (June 1979): 405-406.
page number: Mentioned: p. 405; Reproduced: p. 406, n. 98
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McTavish, David. Italian Drawings from the Collection of Duke Roberto Ferretti. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985.
page number: Mentioned: p. 76, under n. 32; Reproduced: p. 77
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Merz, Jörg Martin. "I disegni di Pietro da Cortona per gli affreschi nella Chiesa Nuova a Roma." Bollettino d'Arte 86-87 (July-October 1994): 37-76.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 38-39; Reproduced: p. 39, n. 2
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Rodrigues, Terence, edited. Christie's Review of the Year. London: Christie's, 1996.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 31
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CMA Annual Report (1996)
page number: Mentioned: pp. 28 and 47; Reproduced: p. 38
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"International Auction Review." Drawing 18, no. 2 (Fall 1996): 60-61.
page number: Mentioned: p. 60; Reproduced: p. 61
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"International Auction Review." On Paper 1, no. 1 (September-October 1996): 44-47.
page number: Reproduced: p. 45
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"Adjugé." L'objet d'art 307 (November 1996): 22-23.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 22
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Russell, Francis. "The Ferretti Collection." Christie's International Magazine 13, no. 5 (June 1996): 22-23.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 22-23; Reproduced: p. 23
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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
"Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1996." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 139 (March 1997): 3-98.
page number: Reproduced: p. 60, n. 230
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Foster, Carter E. "The Head of an Angel." CMA Bulletin (March 1997): 7.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 7
url:
Foster, Carter E., "The Head of an Angel" Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 37 no. 03, March 1997
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p.7
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-03/page/6
DeGrazia, Diane and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 11, 52-53, 285; Reproduced: p. 53, n. 16
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