Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame
1590s
Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Italian, c. 1548–1628)
Drawings
Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame, 1590s. Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Italian, c. 1548–1628). Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1926.265 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Jacopo Palma il Giovane
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- 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]
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1926.265
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings by Old Italian Masters, Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings from the Museum Collection, Drawings from the Museum Collection, Water Color, Drawings, Old Master Drawings, Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection, Italian Prints and Drawings, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection, Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650, CMA, Concept, Dogma, and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650 (Aug. 27-Oct. 20, 1991).<br>CMA, Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection (Dec. 15, 1986-Mar. 1, 1987).<br>CMA, Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions (Oct. 21, 1980-Feb. 15, 1981).<br>CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 102, illus., p. 119.<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 27, 1972-Feb. 2, 1973).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 1, 1970-Jan. 31, 1971; Mar. 16, 1971- (Gallery F remained open)).<br>CMA, Italian Prints and Drawings (Jan. 30-Mar. 26, 1968).<br>CMA, Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (May 6-Sep. 9, 1965).<br>CMA, Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands (Jan. 14-Mar. 24, 1965).<br>CMA, Old Master Drawings (Mar. 10-30, 1964).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 11-Sep. 10, 1963).<br>CMA, "Miscellaneous Installation" (Jan. 21-Feb. 13, 1957).<br>CMA, The Venetian Tradition (Nov. 8, 1956-Jan. 1, 1957), no. 75.<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 30-Dec. 8, 1950; rehung Jan. 8, 1951, "with small changes").<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May. 14, 1946- ).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 27, 1944- ).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 17-Oct. 4, 1942).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Oct. 28, 1941-May 31, 1942).<br>CMA, "Supplement to Silver Jubilee Exh." (July 22-Oct. 26, 1941).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 4-Apr., 1941).<br>CMA, Drawings by Old Italian Masters from the Collection (June 5, 1940-Feb. 25, 1941).<br>Toledo Museum of Art, Four Centuries of Venetian Painting (Mar. 3-31, 1940), no. 84.<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 4-Mar. 26, 1939).<br>CMA, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Supplemented by Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 1-30, 1938).<br>CMA, Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).<br>CMA, "40 Drawings from the Museum Collection" (May 28-Nov. 7, 1937).<br>CMA, Laces and Drawings from the Museum Collection (Dec. 16, 1936-Jan. 3, 1937).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May 21-Dec. 13, 1936).<br>CMA, Exhibition of Drawings from the Museum Collection Supplemented by Loans from Local Collections (July 10-Sep. 15, 1935).<br>CMA, Exhibition of Lace, Drawings, and Furniture (July 11-Sep. 3. 1934).<br>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).<br>Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 117): June 3, 2013 - October 7, 2013.
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- CC0
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