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Navicella (recto) Two Drawings of Ships (verso)
Parri Spinellic. 1410s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Once attributed to the Italian painter Giotto (about 1267-1337), this drawing is the oldest sheet in the Cleveland museum's collection. We now know it to be a copy by Parri Spinelli after a mosaic Giotto designed for the portico of the church of Old St. Peter's in Rome.
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- Title: Navicella (recto) Two Drawings of Ships (verso)
- Creator: Parri Spinelli (Italian, 1387–c. 1453)
- Date Created: c. 1410s
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 27.2 x 37.2 cm (10 11/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Secondary Support: 32.8 x 42.8 cm (12 15/16 x 16 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: Giorgio Vasari (according to Richardson, Ottley, Kurz, Virch, Collobi). Jonathan Richardson Sr., London (Lugt 2183, lower right, in black ink); [his sale, 28 January 1747, no. 68]; Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (Lugt 2364, lower right, in black ink); [probably his sale, 15 March 1798, no. 967]. C. M. Metz, Rome and London. W. Young Ottley, London. [Sale, 11 June 1814, no. 622]; possibly Sir Thomas Lawrence (Lugt 2445, incomplete blind stamp, lower left); Samuel Woodburn, London; [his sale, Christie's, London, 12 June, 1860, no. 1230, as Giotto, Calling of St. Peter); Gase, Paris (from annotated sale catalogue). Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby; [Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London].
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.38
- Medium: pen and brown ink (iron gall)
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: Italy, Arezzo, 15th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: DR - Italian
- Accession Number: 1961.38
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