Photo of collection object Design for Decorative Hinges (recto) — Luzio Romano. Design for Decorative Hinges (recto), mid 1500s. pen and brown ink over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (lower left, upper right), Sheet: 29.8 x 17.5 cm (11 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 40.2 x 25.4 cm (15 13/16 x 10 in.). Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.586.a. CC0.

Design for Decorative Hinges (recto)

mid 1500s

Luzio Romano

Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75)

Drawings

Design for Decorative Hinges (recto), mid 1500s. Luzio Romano (Italian, active 1528–75). Pen and brown ink over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (lower left, upper right); sheet: 29.8 x 17.5 cm (11 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.); secondary support: 40.2 x 25.4 cm (15 13/16 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.586.a

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Luzio Romano
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: pen and brown ink over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink (lower left, upper right)
Medium: pen, brown, ink, over, black, chalk, framing, lines, lower, left, upper, right
Dimensions: Sheet: 29.8 x 17.5 cm (11 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.); Secondary Support: 40.2 x 25.4 cm (15 13/16 x 10 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: lower left, in brown ink: Pierino ; RECTO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, upper right, in brown ink: 128 ; upper right, in black chalk(?): 32 ; center right, in graphite: 28 [underlined, sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: cx[l?] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower right, in graphite: A 309[7?] . ; FRAGMENT OF OLD MAT (now removed), across top, in graphite: Pierino del Vaga (circle of) Door Hinges ; across center, in graphite: Enlarged duplicate of / drawing at Windsor Castle / A. N. [underlined] ; lower right, in graphite: 159
Departments: Drawings
Accession Number: 1924.586.a
Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Exhibitions: Pepper Pike, Ohio, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College; Lakewood, Ohio, Kenneth C. Beck Center, Drawing: A Line of Departure (Oct. 12-Dec. 15, 1985; Sep. 7-Nov. 3, 1986).<br>CMA, The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles (Mar. 6-Apr. 22, 1979), no. 65, illus., p. 55 (mentioned p. 90?).<br>Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, The Lively Arts of the Renaissance (Jan. 15-Feb. 21, 1960), no. 10.<br>CMA, Aspects of Drawing (Jan. 10-Apr. 2, 1961).<br>Detroit Institute of Arts, Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600 (Nov. 17, 1958-Jan. 6, 1959), no. 15.<br>CMA, part of an educ. dept. exh. (removed June 30, 1958).<br>CMA, Drawings by Old Italian Masters from the Collection (June 5, 1940-Feb. 25, 1941).<br>CMA, Drawings from the Collection of Sir Robert Witt, London, Supplemented by Drawings from the Collection (Oct. 1-30, 1938).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 10-Apr. 28, 1937).<br>CMA, "An Exhibition of Drawings," cma Bulletin 11 (1924), p. 141.
Rights Statement: CC0

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