id:			166646
accession number:	2008.366
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.366
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Boreas Abducting Oreithyia, c. 1755–1760. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789). Red chalk; overall: 22.5 x 40.9 cm (8 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2008.366

title:				Boreas Abducting Oreithyia
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creation date:			c. 1755–1760
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1765
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creditline:			Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	red chalk
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre (French, 1713–1789)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 22.5 x 40.9 cm (8 7/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
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	description:	beige laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper (mount by François Renaud, Lugt Suppl. 1042)
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	inscription:	Signed in brown ink with the initial 'P' lower left
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin
	opening date:   2001-08-26T00:00:00
	<i>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001); Dahesh Museum of Art (February 19-May 18, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection Pierre Geismar (Lugt 2078b; sale November 15, 1928(?)); Contemporary mount with the mark 'FR' (Lugt 1042); (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland (1998)
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CITATIONS

	Foster, Carter E., Sylvain Bellenger, and Patrick Shaw Cable. <em>French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 15, p. 40-41
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