Danaë
c. 1623
Orazio Gentileschi
Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639)
European Painting and Sculpture
Danaë, c. 1623. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; framed: 202.5 x 270 x 9 cm (79 3/4 x 106 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); unframed: 162 x 228.5 cm (63 3/4 x 89 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1971.101 The gauzy scarf draped over Danaë was a studio prop present in many of Orazio's paintings.
- Maker/Artist
- Gentileschi, Orazio
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 202.5 x 270 x 9 cm (79 3/4 x 106 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 162 x 228.5 cm (63 3/4 x 89 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1971.101
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1971, Van Dyck. Grande pittura e Collezionismo a Genova, Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi, Caravage et le Caravagisme européen, Bodies and Shadows: Caravaggio and His Legacy, Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, CMA, 1971/72: "Caravggio and His Followers," cat. no. 32, pp. 103-105, colorplate 32 (catalogue by Richard E Spear). (Revised edition, cat. no. 32, p. 103, repr. p. 105 (black & white)). <br><br>Rome, Museo del Palazzo di Venezia (October 15, 2001-January 6, 2002); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 11-May 12, 2002); Saint Louis Museum of Art (June 15-September 15, 2002). "Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi.", exh. cat. no. 41, pp. 193-195.<br><br>Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (6/22/2012 - 10/14/2012): "Caravage et le Caravagisme européen", ex. cat. no. 17, p. 124-125.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 217 Italian Baroque
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