id:			168515
accession number:	2010.262
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.262
updated:		2024-09-12 11:15:46.539000

The Lovers, c. 1490. Wenzel von Olmütz (Bohemian), after Master of the Housebook (German, 1430-1530). Engraving; image: 16.7 x 10.9 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.); sheet: 16.9 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2010.262

title:				The Lovers
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creation date:			c. 1490
creation date earliest:		1485
creation date latest:		1495
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany, 15th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Bartsch, vol. VI, pp. 336-37, no. 48; Lehrs, pp. 79-80, no. 68; Passavant, vol. 2, p. 134, no. 48

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CREATORS

* Wenzel von Olmütz (Bohemian)  - artist

* Master of the Housebook (German, 1430-1530)  - artist
German painter and printmaker, active ca. 1470-1500
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measurements: Image: 16.7 x 10.9 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 16.9 x 11.3 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
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	description:	laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Verso: Inscribed in ink in an eighteenth century hand: Copie apres Israel van Mecken par Wohlgemuth ou Widitz. L'original est dan la Collection de S. E. le Comte Gersdorff
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2014-03-09T00:00:00
	<i>Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014).

	title:		Imagining the Garden
	opening date:   2015-10-24T00:00:00
	<i>Imagining the Garden</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).

	title:		Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit
	opening date:   2023-07-02T04:00:00
	<i>Love Gardens / Forbidden Fruit</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-October 29, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Grafen Maltzan, Militsch (Lugt 3024a)
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	Nicholas Stogdon, Islip, Oxfordshire
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	Adrian Eeles, London, England, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: November 29, 2010–
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