The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 22, 2023

Head of the Virgin

c. 1614

Giacomo Cavedone

(Italian, 1577–1660)

Italy, 17th century

Black crayon (rubbed in places) with red chalk, heightened with white crayon

Support: Brown laid paper, laid down on wove paper

Sheet: 38.1 x 27.8 cm (15 x 10 15/16 in.); Secondary Support: 43.9 x 34.5 cm (17 5/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Delia E. Holden Fund 1979.90

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: Giacomo Cavedone

Provenance
Robert Udny (Lugt 2248, stamped on secondary, lower right, in black ink)
Citations
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 25, p. 67 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).

CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sept. 18, 1983).

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

CMA, "Year in Review for 1979" (Feb. 13-Mar. 9, 1980), cma Bulletin 67 (1980), p. 95 no. 25, illus. p. 67.

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

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

National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).

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

Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991).

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