The Jewish Boy
c. 1892
Medardo Rosso
Medardo Rosso (Italian, 1859–1928)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
The Jewish Boy, c. 1892. Medardo Rosso (Italian, 1859–1928). Wax on plaster; overall: 23.2 x 18.1 x 14.9 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1970.33 Like the Impressionist painters of his time, Rosso sought to capture the fleeting and ephemeral qualities of light. However, he did not work directly from nature. His images were created from memory and emotion.
- Maker/Artist
- Rosso, Medardo
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- wax on plaster
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.2 x 18.1 x 14.9 cm (9 1/8 x 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed on left shoulder: "Bolgé/(M.?) Rosso."; inscribed inside: Danila Rosso Parravicini.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1970.33
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1970, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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