id:			445054
accession number:	2021.144
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.144
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:17.689000

The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome, c. 1650–80. Michiel van Overbeek (Dutch, active 1663–1709). Pen and brown ink with red chalk on brown prepared paper; image: 9.9 x 19.9 cm (3 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund 2021.144

title:				The Pyramid of Cestius, Rome
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creation date:			c. 1650–80
creation date earliest:		1645
creation date latest:		1685
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Whitehill Art Purchase Endowment Fund
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	Pen and brown ink with red chalk on brown prepared paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Dutch
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Michiel van Overbeek (Dutch, active 1663–1709)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 9.9 x 19.9 cm (3 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed u.m. Sepulchre Cesty, initialled l.r. M.V.O. del[?]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Art in XVII Century Italy. </em>P. &amp; D. Colnaghi, London, England (April 13-May 13, 1972).', 'opening_date': '1972-04-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly with Samuel Woodburn, London; his sale, Christie's London, June 16, 1854, lot 115, "M. Van Overbeck / Views of the principal buildings in Rome--a set of ten."
	date: ?-1854?
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	(Mak van Waay, Netherlands)
	date: January 14, 1969
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	Herbert Lark
	date: May 13, 1972
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	Private Collection, Southwest England
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	(P. & D. Colnaghi, London, England)
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	(Nonesuch Gallery, London, England)
	date: ?-2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 13, 2021-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	P. &amp; D. Colnaghi &amp; Co. Art in Seventeenth Century Italy. Colnaghi &amp; Co's Galleries. Catalogues. 1972. London: P. &amp; D. Colnaghi, 1972.
	page number: 	Cat. no. 164, ill. plate LIX
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.144/2021.144_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.144/2021.144_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.144/2021.144_full.tif