id:			170436
accession number:	2012.53
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.53
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:34.266000

Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain , mid-1550s
. Alessandro Cesati (Italian, bef 1538-aft 1564). Citrine, mounted in a gold and enamel pendant; pendant: 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.); gem: 3.2 x 2.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, By exchange: Bequests of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin and John L. Severance; Dudley P. Allen Fund; Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle; Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross,  2012.53

title:				Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain 
title in original language:	
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creation date:			mid-1550s

creation date earliest:		1555
creation date latest:		1569
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			By exchange: Bequests of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin and John L. Severance; Dudley P. Allen Fund; Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle; Gift of S. Livingstone Mather, Constance Mather Bishop, Philip R. Mather, Katherine Hoyt Cross, 
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	citrine, mounted in a gold and enamel pendant
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Alessandro Cesati (Italian, bef 1538-aft 1564)  - artist

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measurements: Pendant: 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.); Gem: 3.2 x 2.5 cm (1 1/4 x 1 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed on collar .A.E. (Likely abbreviation for “ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΙ”, or “Alexandros Epoiei,” which translates to “Alexander made [me / this].”)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), possibly by gift to his godson Philip Howard
	date: 1550s
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	Possibly Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel (1557-1595), by inheritance to his son Thomas Howard (1585-1646)
	date: 1550s-1595
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	Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), by inheritance to Henry Frederick Howard (1608-1652)
	date: 1595-1646
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	Henry Frederick Howard, Lord Maltravers (1608-1652), by descent to Herny Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701)
	date: 1646-1652
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	Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655-1701), by settlement to his divorced Duchess Lady Mary Mordaunt (c. 1659-1705)
	date: 1652-1700
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	Duchess Lady Mary Mordaunt (c. 1659-1705), by inheritance to her second husband Sir John Germain (1650-1718)
	date: 1700-1705
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	Sir John Germain (1650-1718), by inheritance to his second wife Lady Elizabeth Germain (1680-1769)
	date: 1705-1718
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	Lady Elizabeth Germain (1680-1769), by gift to her great niece Lady Mary Beauclerc (1743-1812) on the occasion of her marriage to Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), brother of the 3rd duke of Marlborough
	date: 1718-1762
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	Lord Charles Spencer (1740-1820), by inheritance to Lady Mary Spencer, by family arrangement to her brother-in-law George Spencer (1739-1817)
	date: 1762-
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	George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), by inheritance to George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840)
	date: -1817
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	George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), by inheritance to  George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793-1857)
	date: 1817-1840
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	George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (1793-1857), by inheritance to John Winston Spencer-Churchill (1822-1883)
	date: 1840-1857
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	John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883) (sold, Christie's, London, 1875, lot 587, to David Bromilow)
	date: 1857-1875
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	David Bromilow (sold, Christie's, London, June 26, 1899, lot 587 to Francis Whelan for £105)
	date: 1875-1899
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	Francis Whelan
	date: 1899 - before 1930
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	Spink and Sons
	date: Before 1930
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	Private collection (sold Bonham's, London, December 2008, for £62,400 to Lowell Libson)
	date: Before 2008
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	Lowell Libson and Thomas Heneage
	date: 2008-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
	date: 2012-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Boardman, John. <em>The Marlborough Gems: Formerly at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.</em> Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 66. cat. # 84
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 53 no. 02, March/April 2013
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 19
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-02/page/n17

	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. 180
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