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Source Description
Gherardo Cibo was more botanist than professional artist. The compiler of least five volumes of dried plant specimens collected in the Marches (central-eastern) region of Italy, Cibo made drawings in order to record the habitats where he collected plants. He executed this drawing in the field, annotating, at upper left, the dried cornflower (<em>concia fior da liso</em>) he had gathered on the spot. Though Cibo learned to draw landscapes at an early age when he visited Northern Europe, this sheet reveals his knowledge of Florentine and Venetian models.
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Document identity
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160060
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Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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160060
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drawing
title
Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape
description
Gherardo Cibo was more botanist than professional artist. The compiler of least five volumes of dried plant specimens collected in the Marches (central-eastern) region of Italy, Cibo made drawings in order to record the habitats where he collected plants. He executed this drawing in the field, annotating, at upper left, the dried cornflower (<em>concia fior da liso</em>) he had gathered on the spot. Though Cibo learned to draw landscapes at an early age when he visited Northern Europe, this sheet reveals his knowledge of Florentine and Venetian models.
date
1567
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79980655
creators
6519
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 14.4 x 21.2 cm (5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.); Secondary Support: 22.4 x 28.7 cm (8 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
cul
Italy, 16th century
accession
1997.37
Source extras
tec
pen and brown ink (iron gall)
tombstone
Farm with Trees in a Hilly Landscape, 1567. Gherardo Cibo (Italian, 1512–1600). Pen and brown ink (iron gall); sheet: 14.4 x 21.2 cm (5 11/16 x 8 3/8 in.); secondary support: 22.4 x 28.7 cm (8 13/16 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1997.37
collection
DR - Italian
inscriptions
inscription
recto: by artist, upper left and upper center, in brown ink: co~cia d Mra fior d lisa. de. q. .7. d. 9re. 1567: ; lower right, in brown ink: 34 [sideways]
didYouKnow
The identity of the artist of this and related sheets was not made until the late 20th century, before which he was known erroneously as "Messer. Ulisse Severino da Cingoli."
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:18:24.955000
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160060
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Drawings
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DR - Italian
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pen and brown ink (iron gall)
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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