Provenance · Gift
William Ellery Greene for the Lucy S. Greene Collection
This catalog gathers 17 public-domain works given to the museum by William Ellery Greene for the Lucy S. Greene Collection. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Design for Daggers -
Design for Dagger Sheath -
# 3 from " Livre second essais de Gravjre "
Second book of Engraved Designs -
# 7from " Livre second essais de gravjre " Second book of Engraved Designs -
The Triumphs of Caesar: The Elephants -
# 6 from " Livre second essais de gravjre " second book of Engraved Designs -
The Beautiful Virgin of Ratisbon in a Landscape -
St. Martin -
Portrait of Gerard Terborch -
Goldsmith Design -
# 5 from " Livre second essais de gravjre " second book of Engraved Designs -
Wooded Landscape with Cows beside a Pool, Figures and Cottage -
Last Judgment -
# 4 From " Livre sencond essais de gravjre " second book of Engraved designs -
The Holy Family with Two Musician Angels -
Crucifixion -
# 2 From " Livre second Cesais de Graubre "
Second book of Engraved Design
On provenance & the public domain
A credit line — the small "Gift of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.
Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.