The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 1, 2022

A Monk Preaching

mid 17th century?

Pier Francesco Mola

(Italian, 1612-1666)

Italy, 17th century

Pen and brown ink (iron gall?) and brush and brown wash

Support: Beige(1) laid paper, laid down on cream(3) modern laid paper

Sheet: 19.5 x 21.9 cm (7 11/16 x 8 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 23.9 x 26.6 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1962.115

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper right, in graphite: 2. ; lower left, in blue ballpoint pen: C = ; lower left and lower center, in graphite: P. Crozat[t?] (1661-1740) Lugt 474

Provenance
Unidentified collector's mark, lower right, in black ink (Lugt 474; Lugt tentatively attributed the mark to P. Crozat; in supplementary volume, Lugt withdrew attribution). [William H. Schab] (according to departmental card)
Exhibition history

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

Pepper Pike, Ohio, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College; Lakewood, Ohio, Kenneth C. Beck Center, Drawing: A Line of Departure (Oct. 12-Dec. 15, 1985; Sep. 7-Nov. 3, 1986).

CMA, Baroque Imagery (Nov. 6, 1984-Jan. 6, 1985), no. 4, illus.

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-Apr. 1, 1963).

CMA, "Year in Review for 1962" (Oct. 24-Nov. 25, 1962), cma Bulletin 49 (1962), p. 226 no. 125, illus. p. 210.

Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 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).

Baroque Imagery. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 1984-January 6, 1985).

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.115