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accession number:	2020.127
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.127
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A View of Bracciano with the Church of S. Maria Assunta, c. 1619–33. Bartholomeus Breenberg (Dutch, 1599–1657). Brown and gray inks and washes applied with point of brush and brush, with traces of graphite underdrawing on cream antique laid paper; image and sheet: 8.7 x 15 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.); mounted: 23.6 x 30.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.127

title:				A View of Bracciano with the Church of S. Maria Assunta
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creation date:			c. 1619–33
creation date earliest:		1614
creation date latest:		1638
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	Brown and gray inks and washes applied with point of brush and brush, with traces of graphite underdrawing on cream antique laid paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Dutch
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Bartholomeus Breenberg (Dutch, 1599–1657)  - artist

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measurements: Image and Sheet: 8.7 x 15 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Mounted: 23.6 x 30.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in brown ink on recto of mount, lower left: "Bracciano"
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	inscription:	Written in brown ink on recto of mount, lower right: "J. Bischop"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of mount, lower right: "610"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso of mount: "53"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	with Johan Bosch van Rosenthal
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	Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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fun fact:
In the early 17th century, European artists were just beginning to make sketches such as this one outdoors and onsite.

digital description:
In the early 1600s, artists from Northern Europe began to take long trips to Italy as part of their artistic training. Bartholomeus Breenberg traveled to Italy around 1620 and probably stayed for at least 12 years. While there, he sketched ancient ruins and the countryside, features he would use in his paintings when he returned to Amsterdam in the 1630s. The area around the Lago di Bracciano, a volcanic lake northwest of Rome, was home to several medieval villages that provided charming vistas for artists. In his view, Breenberg emphasized the crumbling turret of a medieval castle in Bracciano in front of the ordered, linear outline of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta beyond. Combining gray and brown ink washes to plot gradations in tone, he created vivid contrasts of light and shade, capturing the effects of the bright Italian sunshine.

wall description:
Bartholomeus Breenbergh traveled to Italy around 1620 where he sketched ancient ruins and the countryside to use in the paintings he would make back in the Netherlands. The area around the Lago di Bracciano northwest of Rome was home to several medieval villages that provided charming vistas for artists. Here, Breenbergh emphasized the crumbling turret of a medieval castle in Bracciano in front of the ordered, linear outline of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta. Combining gray and brown ink washes to plot gradations in tone, he created vivid contrasts of light and shade, capturing the effects of the bright Italian sunshine.
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