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Document identity
localId
111038
label
Tobit Burying the Dead
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
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1
Source metadata
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111038
contentType
drawing
title
Tobit Burying the Dead
date
1640s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60740254
creators
2079
genreSpecific
Drawing
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.7 x 41.4 cm (10 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.)
cul
Italy, 17th century
accession
1929.535
Source extras
tec
oil and dark red pigment with oil and brown pigment; framing lines in gold paint over oil and dark red pigment
tombstone
Tobit Burying the Dead, 1640s. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664). Oil and dark red pigment with oil and brown pigment; framing lines in gold paint over oil and dark red pigment; sheet: 27.7 x 41.4 cm (10 7/8 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1929.535
supportMaterials
description
beige(1) laid paper
collection
DR - Italian
inscriptions
inscription
SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), lower right, in black ink: 765 ; lower right, in graphite: A 5077; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT (now removed), in graphite: Benedetto Castiglione / A 5077 [sideways] ; in graphite: [o?] [sideways]
citations
citation
Richards, Louise S. “A Painting and Two Drawings by Castiglione.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 8 (November 1970): 272–280.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 277-278, fig. 7
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 05:53:09.696000
sourceId
111038
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Drawings
coll
DR - Italian
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oil and dark red pigment with oil and brown pigment; framing lines in gold paint over oil and dark red pigment
creatorTags
male
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1
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0
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photo
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d61fa08aed334031