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Source Description
Joseph Goupy played a significant role in cultivating a taste for Italian art in 18th-century Britain. Here, Goupy copied an oil painting by Salvator Rosa now in the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth. Copying from Old Masters was a venerated practice in the 18th century. In addition to being an essential aspect of artistic training, the circulation of great works of art served to educate connoisseurs and to shape public opinion. Goupy’s luminous gouaches were highly prized, fetching prices considerably higher than original portraits of the period.
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Document identity
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145195
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Jacob's Dream
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drawing
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145195
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drawing
title
Jacob's Dream
description
Joseph Goupy played a significant role in cultivating a taste for Italian art in 18th-century Britain. Here, Goupy copied an oil painting by Salvator Rosa now in the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth. Copying from Old Masters was a venerated practice in the 18th century. In addition to being an essential aspect of artistic training, the circulation of great works of art served to educate connoisseurs and to shape public opinion. Goupy’s luminous gouaches were highly prized, fetching prices considerably higher than original portraits of the period.
date
c. 1720
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79923196
creators
1316
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 28.5 x 42 cm (11 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.)
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England, 18th century
accession
1970.362
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gouache
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Jacob's Dream, c. 1720. Joseph Goupy (British, 1686–before.1770). Gouache; sheet: 28.5 x 42 cm (11 1/4 x 16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1970.362
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brown kidskin
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DR - British
didYouKnow
This drawing was formerly attributed to the Venetian landscape painter Marco Ricci (1676-1730), who worked periodically in England during the early 18th century.
citations
citation
Langdon, Helen. Salvator Rosa Paint and Performance. London: Reaktion Books, Limited, 2022. .
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1971." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 59, no. 1 (1972): 3-46.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 43 no. 100; Reproduced: p. 17
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25152412
citation
Pignatti, Terisio. <em>Disegni antichi del Museo Correr di Venezia</em>. Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1980.
page_number
Mentioned: vol. 1, p. 33
citation
Miller, Michael J. <em>Drawing: A Glossary of Materials: Selections from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 4
citation
Robertson, Bruce, and Robert Dance. "Joseph Goupy and the Art of the Copy." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 10 (1988): 354-75.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 354-75; Reproduced: p. 354
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 22-23, 146, no. 6; Reproduced: p. 23
creditline
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
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2026-05-29 07:27:25.456000
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145195
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Drawings
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gouache
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