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Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame

1590s

Jacopo Palma il Giovane

(Italian, c. 1548–1628)

Italy, 16th century

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite

Support: Cream(3) laid paper, laid down on beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 20.4 x 26.1 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 26.3 x 31.9 cm (10 3/8 x 12 9/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1926.265

Location

not on view

Description

Here a barely visible Apollo, sleeping in the upper left background, and the nine muses are roused by the allegorical figure of Fame, who flies overhead with a trumpet. This dynamic scene signifies a reawakening of the arts. The loosely arranged clusters of figures and natural forms also suggest a harmonious relationship between humanity and the environment. This drawing, with its heavily subdued details and attention to the overall impact of contrast and design, is characteristic of Venetian draftsmanship in the late 1500s, and was valued by the small circle of Venetian intellectuals for whom Palma produced many similar mythological works.

Inscriptions

Inscription

RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in brown ink: Palma giovan . ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: Ex Coll: Jonathan Richardson ; lower center, in graphite: 23 [circled]

Provenance
Jonathan Richardson, London (Lugt 2183, lower center, in black ink). William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799, lower right, in black ink). John Postle Heseltine, London (Lugt 1507, verso of secondary support, lower right, in black ink); [P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach] (according to departmental cataloguing sheet). [M. Knoedler & Co.] (verso of secondary support, stamped in red ink: M. K. & CO. / W. C. No. 1246 [traced in black ink])
Exhibition history

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

CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).

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. 102, illus., p. 119.

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 27, 1972-Feb. 2, 1973).

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, 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, "Miscellaneous Installation" (Jan. 21-Feb. 13, 1957).

CMA, The Venetian Tradition (Nov. 8, 1956-Jan. 1, 1957), no. 75.

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 30-Dec. 8, 1950; rehung Jan. 8, 1951, "with small changes").

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May. 14, 1946- ).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 27, 1944- ).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Oct. 28, 1941-May 31, 1942).

CMA, "Supplement to Silver Jubilee Exh." (July 22-Oct. 26, 1941).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 4-Apr., 1941).

CMA, Drawings by Old Italian Masters from the Collection (June 5, 1940-Feb. 25, 1941).

Toledo Museum of Art, Four Centuries of Venetian Painting (Mar. 3-31, 1940), no. 84.

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 4-Mar. 26, 1939).

CMA, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Supplemented by Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 1-30, 1938).

CMA, Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).

CMA, "40 Drawings from the Museum Collection" (May 28-Nov. 7, 1937).

CMA, Laces and Drawings from the Museum Collection (Dec. 16, 1936-Jan. 3, 1937).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May 21-Dec. 13, 1936).

CMA, Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections (July 10-Sep. 15, 1935).

CMA, Exhibition of Lace, Drawings, and Furniture (July 11-Sep. 3. 1934).

CMA, "Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection" (June 5, 1930-Jan. 9, 1931; Feb. 20-Mar. 15, 1931; June 10, 1931-Jan. 16, 1932; Feb. 24-Mar. 17, 1932).

Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 117): June 3, 2013 - October 7, 2013.

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-December 9, 1937).

Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 30-October 30, 1938).

Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 4-March 26, 1939).

Drawings by Old Italian Masters. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 5, 1940-February 25, 1941).

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 27, 1941).

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 22-October 26, 1941).

Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).

Water Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 6-August 27, 1962).

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

Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-30, 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).

Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 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).

Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 15, 1986-March 1, 1987).

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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