id:			301738
accession number:	2017.104
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.104
updated:		2025-03-01 12:40:06.266000

The Apotheosis of Romulus: Design for a Ceiling, c. 1675–76. Domenico Maria Canuti (Italian, 1625–1684). Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, with perspectival indications; sheet: 24 x 37.7 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2017.104

title:				The Apotheosis of Romulus: Design for a Ceiling
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creation date:			c. 1675–76
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1676
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Italy
technique:	Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, with perspectival indications
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Domenico Maria Canuti (Italian, 1625–1684)  - artist
Italian painter, 1625-1684
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measurements: Sheet: 24 x 37.7 cm (9 7/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Lower right, in black ink: Pietro da Cortona; watermark: Orsini Arms
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The 'Sagredo-Borghese' album (L. 2103a), with associated inscriptions 'Pietro da Cortona' (recto) and 'S. R. [Scuola Romano] n?. 110' (verso)
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	Zaccaria Sagredo, Venice, to his wife Cecilia Sagredo, by whom sold circa 1743
	date: 1743
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	Private collection, Lyon, from which sold circa 1919
	date: 1919
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	[Christie's, Anonymous Sale, London, England], July 8, 2008, lot 39
	date: July 8, 2008
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	[Christie's, London, England], July 5, 2017, lot 29, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: July 5, 2017
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 11, 2017–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Peters, Emily J. and Wehn, James. “Acquisition Highlights: Drawings.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 58. no. 2 (March/April 2018): 12-13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 13; Mentioned: P. 12.
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.104/2017.104_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.104/2017.104_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.104/2017.104_full.tif