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Standing Male Figure
by Cigoli
Also known as: Full Length Figure of Our Savior, Looking Towards the Right
Inscriptions
[by Lanière?, see catalogue of Bateson sale], lower left, in brown ink: Cigoli ; upper right, in graphite: 112 ; upper right, in brown ink: E ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in brown ink: Lodovico Cigoli. ; lower left, in graphite: Cigoli, l. ; lower center, in graphite: 1559 - 1613 ; lower right, in graphite: Full length figure of our Savior . / From the Collections of [Charles 1st.,] [brackets part of inscription; st from 1st in superscript] Barnard. / Pond & Price. / From Dr. Wellesley's Collection . ; lower right, in graphite: mat. wd 5/8 ; lower right, in graphite: double cream ; lower right, in graphite: [illegible] inside 3 mm. / [illegible] ; lower right, in graphite: 1. [circled] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower right, in brown ink: the 8th night / Lot 52 ; upper left, in graphite: 1183 [underlined] ; upper left, in graphite: Collections ; lower right, in graphite: 45
Provenance
Possibly King Charles I of England -1666: Nicholas Lanier or Lanière, London (Lugt 2885, lower right, in black ink and again, lower left, in grey ink); by descent to nephew -c. 1745: Jonathan Richardson Senior, London (Lugt 2184, stamped lower left, in black ink, and Lugt 2983-2984, verso of secondary support, upper center, in brown ink: H. 39 . / W. 9 . / Y. 19. / H. 59.). c 1745-1758: Arthur Pond, London (Lugt 2038, verso of secondary support, lower right, in graphite: true / A. Pond). -1784: John Barnard, London (Lugt 1419, recto of secondary support, lower right, in brown ink: J:B~, and Lugt 1420, verso of secondary support, center right, in brown ink: J:B~ N: 471. / 15 3/4 by 11.). c. 1784-1829: Uvedale Price, Foxley, England (Lugt 2048, not stamped, according to inscription on verso of secondary support, lower center, in brown ink: Price, and catalogs of Wellesley and Bateson sales). c. 1829-1866: Rev. Dr. Henry Wellesley, Oxford (Lugt 1384, verso of secondary support, upper left, in brown ink: HW 3.5); [his sale London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1866, p. 23, cat. no. 336]; Nowbotharn or Rowbotharn (according to annotatation in catalog of Wellesley sale). -1877: Richard Johnson, Manchester & Chislehurst (Lugt 2216, recto of secondary support, lower left, stamped on separately applied piece of paper); by descent to Richard Johnson Walker (not stamped, see entry under Lugt 2216); -c.1929: William Bateson, London (Lugt 2604a, lower left, in black ink); [his sale London, Sotheby's, 23 April 1929, p. 11, cat. no. 22]; 1929: with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London
Exhibition history
Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-December 9, 1937). Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 30-October 30, 1938). Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 4-March 26, 1939). Drawings by Old Italian Masters. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 5, 1940-February 25, 1941). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 27, 1941). Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942). Drawings from the Museum Collection: 15th-17th Centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 18-October 11, 1960). Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Old Master Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-31, 1964). Drawings: France, Italy, Netherlands. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 1-March 24, 1965). Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). Prints and Drawings from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 29-June 6, 1967). Italian Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 26, 1968). Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971). The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 6-April 22, 1979). Brush Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 3-May 10, 1981). Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982). Italian Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 1986-March 1, 1987). Concept, Dogma and Feeling: Italian Drawings 1550-1650. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 20, 1991). The Dream of Jacob. Smith College Museum of Art (organizer) (October 2-December 14, 1997).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Ludovico Cardi Cigoli (Italian, 1559–1613)
- Date
- c. 1610/13
- Medium
- brush and brown ink, heightened with white paint; framing lines in brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 40.2 x 27.7 cm (15 13/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 52 x 38.5 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 1929.555
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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