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AT-00009190Lazarus and the Rich Man
About the Artwork
The Biblical parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:19-21) tells of a man who feasted and celebrated every day, while a beggar named Lazarus sat starving nearby. Dogs came to lick the sores on the poor man's body. However, when the two men died, Lazarus was welcomed into heaven, while the rich man was consigned to hell.
Provenance
1905: Purchased from Simonetti (Rome, Italy) by Dan Fellows Platt 1905–1939: Owned by Dan Fellows Platt (1873–1928; Englewood, New Jersey), upon his death, held in trust by the estate. 1939: Estate of Dan Fellows Platt, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Exhibition history
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949). The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). Jacopo Bassano. Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Venice, Italy (organizer) (June 29-October 27, 1957). The Italian Heritage; an exhibition of works of art lent from American collections for the benefit of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA). Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY (organizer) (May 17-August 29, 1967). Jacopo Bassano: A Quadricentennial Retrospective. Museo Civico, Sassoferrato, Italy (September 5-December 6, 1992); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (January 23-April 25, 1993).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c. 1510–1592)
- Date
- c. 1550
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 176 x 251 x 12 cm (69 5/16 x 98 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 146 x 221 cm (57 1/2 x 87 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds
- Accession no.
- 1939.68
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