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Source Description
Executed during Prendergast's first trip to Italy, he selected a classic Roman tourist site, theatrical with its sweeping curves, and depicted three dozen red-robed Catholic seminarians flowing down the carefully delineated monumental staircase.
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Document identity
localId
150748
label
The Spanish Steps
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object
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1
Source metadata
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150748
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object
title
The Spanish Steps
description
Executed during Prendergast's first trip to Italy, he selected a classic Roman tourist site, theatrical with its sweeping curves, and depicted three dozen red-robed Catholic seminarians flowing down the carefully delineated monumental staircase.
date
1898–99
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79933446
creators
3246
genreSpecific
Monotype
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Image: 29.7 x 19 cm (11 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
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America
accession
1982.167
Source extras
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color monotype
tombstone
The Spanish Steps, 1898–99. Maurice Prendergast (American, born Newfoundland [now Canada], 1858–1924). Color monotype; image: 29.7 x 19 cm (11 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection, 1982.167
collection
PR - Monotype
formerAccessionNumbers
137.1981
didYouKnow
Maurice Prendergast became influenced by Impressionism after studying for two years in Paris during the 1880s.
citations
citation
Mathews, Nancy Mowll, Maurice Prendergast, and Elizabeth Kennedy. <em>Prendergast in Italy</em>. 2009.
page_number
fig. 41, p. 120 and p. 182
citation
Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review for 1982." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 1 (1983): 3-55.
page_number
p. 52, no. 52
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25159799
citation
Rhys, Hedley Howell. Maurice Prendergast, 1859-1924. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960.
page_number
no. 130
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 357
creditline
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
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2026-05-29 07:46:50.317000
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150748
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color monotype
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male
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0
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photo
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