id:			452866
accession number:	2022.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.3
updated:		2025-12-21 05:59:00.216000

Balaam and the Ass, 1583. Hans Bol (Flemish, 1534–1593). Gouache heightened with gold on vellum laid down on panel; sheet: 13.7 x 19.6 cm (5 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2022.3

title:				Balaam and the Ass
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creation date:			1583
creation date earliest:		1583
creation date latest:		1583
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 16th century
technique:	Gouache heightened with gold on vellum laid down on panel
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Flemish
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Hans Bol (Flemish, 1534–1593)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 13.7 x 19.6 cm (5 3/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed and dated in gold, on the trunk of the central tree: HBol 1583
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	inscription:	bears old numbering on the panel verso: No 28
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	inscription:	old inventory number on a label, verso: 268
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel
	opening date:   2022-10-09T04:00:00
	<i>Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (October 9, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Belgium
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	(Sotheby's, New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 7, 2022-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hulst, Roger Adolf d'. Dessins du XVe au XVIIIe siècle: dans les collections privées de Belgique. Bruxelles: Société générale de banque, 1983.
	page number: 	p. 46-47, no. 17
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	Peters, Emily J., Laura Ritter, William Griswold, Klaus Albrecht Schröder, and Koenraad Jonckheere. <em>Tales of the City: Drawing in the Netherlands from Bosch to Bruegel.</em> Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 92-93, no.10
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	Sotheby's (Firm). Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries. 2022.
	page number: 	Lot 2
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