id:			539189
accession number:	2023.1
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A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight, c. 1767. Anna Dorothea Therbusch (German, 1721/22–1782). Oil on canvas; canvas: 100 x 81 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.); framed: 121.9 x 103.5 cm (48 x 40 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2023.1

title:				A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight
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creation date:			c. 1767
creation date earliest:		1762
creation date latest:		1772
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - German before 1800
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CREATORS

* Anna Dorothea Therbusch (German, 1721/22–1782) 

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measurements: Canvas: 100 x 81 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.); Framed: 121.9 x 103.5 cm (48 x 40 3/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Sale: Biarritz, 18 March 1984
	date: March 18, 1984
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	Sale: London, Sotheby's 11 December 1996, lot 177
	date: December 11, 1996
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	Collection of J.E. Safra (b. c. 1940), Geneva, Switzerland
	date: 1996-2023
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	Sale: Sotheby's New York, January 26, 2023, lot 149
	date: January 26, 2023
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2023-
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CITATIONS

	Berckenhagen, E. "Anna Dorothea Therbusch (mit Werkverzeichnis)," <em>Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft</em>, vol. 41, 1987.
	page number: 	cat. no. 147
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	Küster-Heise, Katharina. <em>Anna Dorothea Therbusch, geb. Lisiewska 1721-1782 eine Malerin der Aufklärung</em> ; Leben und Werk. 2008.
	page number: 	cat. no. III-67
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	Sotheby's (Firm), and |. <em>Master Paintings, Part I.</em> 2023. .
	page number: 	lot 149
	url:		https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/master-paintings-sculpture-part-i/a-scientist-seated-at-a-desk-by-candlelight

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