id:			166628
accession number:	2008.35
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.35
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:12.056000

Paris and Oenone, 1791. John Flaxman (British, 1755–1826). Brush and gray wash with pen and pale gray-black ink with graphite and brown ink; sheet: 30.3 x 48.8 cm (11 15/16 x 19 3/16 in.); secondary support: 35.1 x 53.6 cm (13 13/16 x 21 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2008.35

title:				Paris and Oenone
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creation date:			1791
creation date earliest:		1791
creation date latest:		1791
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	England, 18th century
technique:	brush and gray wash with pen and pale gray-black ink with graphite and brown ink
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - British
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* John Flaxman (British, 1755–1826)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 30.3 x 48.8 cm (11 15/16 x 19 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 35.1 x 53.6 cm (13 13/16 x 21 1/8 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed and dated, in black ink, at lower left: Flaxman, Roma / 1791
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art 
	opening date:   2013-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Marquis de Lagoy [1764-1829; L. 1710]
	date: ?-?
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			* <div><!--block-->The Marquis de Lagoy (1764-1829) of Aix-en-Provence had a splendid collection of more than 3,000 drawings by more than 800 different artists of all periods and schools. It is known that he had an agent in Rome buying for him in the 1790s. The drawing is inscribed on the mount: "Acheté a Roma." His mark appears at lower center in black ink.</div>
			
			
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	By repute, from a member of the William Randolph Hearst family
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	(Alexander Acevedo, Alexander Gallery, New York, NY)
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	Private Collector, New York, NY
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	(Monroe Warshaw, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
	date: ?-2008
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2008-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lemonedes, Heather. "'Graceful in the Extreme': A Neoclassical Drawing by John Flaxman," Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide (Summer 2012).
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced
	url:		https://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/summer12/heather-lemonedes-a-neoclassical-drawing-by-john-flaxman

	Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 46-47, 145, no. 12; Reproduced: p. 47
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 160
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