Design for a Candelabrum, Allegorical Figure of Abundance, Ornamental Relief Design

Also known as: Design for a Candelabrum: Allegory of Plenty and Peace; Three Allegorical Designs

Inscriptions

Lower center: D . mi[o?] [likely an abbreviation for "Maestro"] gaetano Laordillo (brown ink); Verso of secondary support, upper right: -[1?]9- (brown ink) center left: 65 (graphite)

Exhibition history

Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 18-October 11, 1960). Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962). Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9, 1967-January 1, 1968). Italian Renaissance Works of Art. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (organizer) (May 3-June 9, 1968). The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979). Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983). Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987). Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).

Quick Overview

Artist: Bernardo Parentino (Italian)
Date: c. 1490s
Medium: pen and brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 25.4 x 17.1 cm (10 x 6 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 31.5 x 20.5 cm (12 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Accession no.: 1956.41

Provenance

c.1450s-c.1510: The drawing is acquired by Antonio II Badile (c.1424-c.1511) c.1520: The drawing is included in an album of drawings compiled from Antionio II Badile’s collection, likely by one or both of his sons, Bartolomeo III Badile(1464/67-1545) or Francesco II Badile(1476/77-1544). 1672: The drawing is in the collection of Lodovico Moscardo as part of the Badile Album. 1785: The drawing enters the collection of the Miniscalchi family as part of the Badile Album upon the marriage of Teresa Moscardo and Marcantonio Miniscalchi. 1905: The drawing is purchased by an unknown collector after Mario Miniscalchi-Erizzo begins to sell drawings from the Moscardo collection, including the Badile Album. 1947-1954: The drawing is purchased, along with the rest of the Badile Album, by Francis Matthiesen, who dismantles the album and begins selling individual drawings. 1956: The drawing is purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.