The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 3, 2023

The Jewish Boy

c. 1892

Medardo Rosso

(Italian, 1859–1928)

Italy, 19th century

Wax on plaster

Overall: 23.2 x 18.1 x 14.9 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1970.33

Location

222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Fun Fact

Like the Impressionist painters of his time, Rosso sought to capture the fleeting and ephemeral qualities of light. However, he did not work directly from nature. His images were created from memory and emotion.

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed on left shoulder: "Bolgé/(M.?) Rosso."; inscribed inside: Danila Rosso Parravicini.

Provenance
Rosso Family, Barzio, Italy
1970
(Lords Gallery, Ltd., London, United Kingdom, 1970, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1970-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Hawley, Henry H. "Sculptures by Jules Danlou, Henry Cros, and Medardo Rosso," The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LVIII, no 9 (September, 1971):199-209 Reproduced: on cover
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1970." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 58, no. 2 (1971): 22-71. Referenced: cat no. 9, Reproduced: p. 42 www.jstor.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975. Referenced: cat. no. 61
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 217 archive.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

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