The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
An Assembly of Scholars
c. 1515/1527
(Italian, c. 1486–1527)
designed by
after Francesco Salviati
(Italian, 1510–1563)
Sheet: 24 x 19.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1926.441
Catalogue raisonné: Bartsch XIV.356.479 ; Le B. II.112.54 ; Passavant VI.71.56
Location: not on view
Description
In this imaginary, idyllic realm, classical philosophers and scholars gather to teach and learn. The men and women in the foreground examine a book of astrological signs. Behind them, a second group studies an armillary sphere, a celestial globe invented in ancient times that became a symbol of knowledge during the Renaissance. A woodcut version of this scene appeared as an illustration in the fortunetelling book Garden of Thoughts, published in Venice in 1540. In that context, the group of three women in the foreground might be seen as the three fates, and the man with the globe as a personification of astrology.- William Esdaile (1758-1837), London, script (Lugt 2617), verso, lower right, and lower left, in pen and brown ink ; unknown collector, stamp (C[reversed]C, with a '--' across the center where they meet), verso, lower left, in purple ; unknown collector, stamp (rectangle, interior markings illegible), verso, lower left, in red ; purchased from (Kennedy & Co., NY)
- Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.441