id:			159895
accession number:	1997.189
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.189
updated:		2025-02-09 05:23:59.139000

David Playing the Harp before Saul, 1555. After Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519–1570). Chiaroscuro woodcut; sheet: 33.4 x 47.9 cm (13 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.189

title:				David Playing the Harp before Saul
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creation date:			1555
creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1555
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein I, Strauss 101, Bialler 3a/e

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CREATORS

* Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519–1570)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 33.4 x 47.9 cm (13 1/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
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	description:	beige (2) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	in block, " SAVL I REG CA XVI/FRACISCVS FLORIS INVETOR IVDOCE DL CVRIA EXCVDERAT 1555". (Later) inscriptions in the image penned in black. VERSO: Additional inscriptions in brown ink and graphite.
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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, Cleveland, OH (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).

	title:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Pierre Mariette, Paris (Lugt 1790), inscribed P. Mariette 1668
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	King Friedrich August II, Dresden (Lugt 971)
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	Pierre Mariette, Paris (Lugt 1790), inscribed P. Mariette 1668; King Friedrich August II, Dresden (Lugt 971)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major European Porcelain Crucifix, Pre-Columbian Figure, and Other Works Added to CMA Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4165

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