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Half-Length Figure Study of a Woman

1500s

Ludovico Cardi Cigoli

(Italian, 1559–1613)

Italy, Florentine, 16th century

Red chalk over traces of black chalk

Support: Beige(1) laid paper laid down on cream(3) laid paper

Sheet: 39.4 x 17 cm (15 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1951.492

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: zar [illegible] / lower center, in graphite: Auction Klinkosch, Wien . / April 1889 / Kat. N° 825 . ; lower left, in graphite: 4 [underlined] ; lower right, in graphite: 319; lower left, in graphite: 319 . ; lower left, in graphite: A. del Sarto / [cf?] ; lower center, in graphite: L

Provenance
Joseph Karl Ritter von Klinkosch (Lugt 577) his sale, Vienna, Wawra, 15 April, 1889, no. 825, as Andrea del Sarto
Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna (Lugt 2773, stamp, lower right, in black ink) his sale Stuttgart, H. G. Gutekunst, 6-11 May, 1910, no. 565, pl. xxxii, as Andrea del Sarto
Maurice Delacre, Ghent (Lugt 747a), his sale, Bern, Gutekunst and Klipstein, 21-22 June, 1949, no. 419, p. xxxi, as Andrea del Sarto
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 571 archive.org
Exhibition history

Northampton, MA, Smith College Museum of Art "The Dream of Jacob" (10/2/97 - 12/14/97) (no catalogue)

Pepper Pike, Ohio, Wasmer Gallery (Ursuline College); Lakewood, Ohio, Kenneth C. Beck Center, Drawing: A Line of Departure (Oct. 12-Dec. 15, 1985; Sep. 7-Nov. 3, 1986).

CMA, The Lessons of the Academy (Feb. 8-May 29, 1983).

CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).

CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 1, pp. 26-7, 36-7, illus. back cover.

CMA, Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage (July 13-Sep. 19, 1971), no. 61, illus.

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971; Mar. 16, 1971- (Gallery F remained open)).

CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).

CMA, Old Master Prints and Drawings (July 29, 1966-Apr. 1, 1967).

CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).

CMA, Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands (Jan. 14-Mar. 24, 1965).

CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Sep. 19-Nov. 5, 1962).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 7-Apr. 26, 1962).

CMA, Art and Humanism in the Renaissance (Jan. 22-Feb. 25, 1962).

CMA, Drawings from the Museum Collection, 15th-17th Century (installed May 18, 1960).

CMA, Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition (Mar. 3, 1958-Oct. 11, 1959).

CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).

CMA, "Preview of Outstanding Recent Accessions" (Mar. 30, 1952).

Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 18-October 11, 1960).

Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963).

Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964).

Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965).

Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965).

Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-February 25, 1968).

The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979).

Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).

The Lessons of the Academy. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-May 29, 1983).

Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

The Dream of Jacob. Smith College Museum of Art (organizer) (October 2-December 14, 1997).

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