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Gloria

Gloria

1535 or 1536
(Italian, c. 1506–c. 1571)
(Italian, 1494–1540)
Italy, 16th century
engraving
Sheet: 28.7 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.7 x 37.6 cm (17 5/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1988.106
Catalogue raisonné: Bartsch 7 (XVI.359)
Location: not on view

Description

This print is based on a drawing that Rosso Fiorentino made as part of a design for a fresco in François I’s chateau at Fontainebleau in France. A personified Gloria (or Fame) holds a trumpet in each hand, a symbol of victory, while standing atop a globe, signifying dominance over time and death. Although a clear inspiration, the powerful muscular and sculptural quality of Michelangelo’s nudes are in this figure transformed into a distorted, excessively elongated torso. Such a body was not the result of drawing from a live model but instead derived from the artist’s imagination.
  • unidentified collector's stamp?, lower right, in black ink ; Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, sold: Christie's, London, Dec. 5, 1985, lot 103, repr. ; purchased from (Colnaghi's, NY)
  • Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).
    Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).
    Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
  • {{cite web|title=Gloria|url=false|author=Domenico del Barbiere, Rosso Fiorentino|year=1535 or 1536|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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