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Artists›Giuseppe Cades

Giuseppe Cades

Papal States, 1750–1799

WA-00036911

Rome

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WikidataQ326017

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326017
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About

Why this artist matters now

Giuseppe Cades was a neo-classicist Italian draftsman, painter, engraver and sculptor, based in Rome. As both a draftsman known for his drawings and a painter, Cades worked in many media, including pencil, coloured chalks, watercolour, tempera with wax on canvas and oil paint on canvas.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 17d ago

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (15)

Rape of Lucretia

1795 · Pen and black ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper

43.5 × 27.6 cm (17 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two designs for candlesticks

1795 · brush on paper, ink, pencil, watercolor (paint)

height: 198 cm, width: 79 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Meeting of Gautier, Count of Antwerp, and his Daughter, Violante

1787 · oil paint

37.2 × 69.7 cm (14 5/8 × 27 1/2 in.); Framed: 52.4 × 84.5 × 7.4 cm (20 5/8 × 33 1/4 × 2 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche

1785 · Red chalk over graphite (portrait), pen and black ink and watercolor over graphite (surround), circular framing line in graphite

Image: 36 x 35.9 cm (14 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.); Secondary Support: 39.1 x 38.7 cm (15 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis

1780 · pen on ink, paper, graphite (mineral)

width: 402 cm, height: 207 cm

Rijksmuseum

Birth of the Virgin

1779 · Pen and brown ink with pen and brown wash, over traces of graphite, heightened with white gouache (discolored), on ivory laid paper

42 × 56 cm (16 9/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Portrait of the Princes Camillo and Francesco Borghese

1778 · Red and black chalk, stumped; heightened with white

Height: 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Dead Christ Mourned by Saint Mary Magdalen (recto); The Holy Family with an Attendant (verso)

1778 · Pen and brown ink, on beige paper (recto); black chalk (verso)

5 3/16 x 6 5/16in. (13.2 x 16cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Design for a Frieze with Two Women Flanking an Urn

1775 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk

13-1/4 x 19-5/16 in. (33.6 x 49.0 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Virgin Immaculate with the Christ Child

1770 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk

17 11/16 x 12 1/16in. (44.9 x 30.7cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Christ seated preaching

1766 · Etching

Plate: 4 7/16 × 6 1/8 in. (11.3 × 15.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Designs for Vases [verso]

1750 · graphite

overall: 17.9 x 25.9 cm (7 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sacrifice [recto]

1750 · pen

overall: 25.9 x 17.9 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Blessed Francis Venimbeni Celebrating Mass for souls in Purgatory

1750 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk

20-1/16 x 11-1/16 in. (50.9 x 28.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Virgin and Child

1750 · Black and red chalk, stumping throughout

15 3/16 x 9 7/16in. (38.6 x 23.9cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (6)

15 published of 44 catalogued · 37 with image

The Met
7 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Nga
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

16 entries · 2 sources

The Meeting of Gautier, Count of Antwerp, and his Daughter, Violante
1787 · AIC · 5 prov
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Sacrifice [recto]
1750 · Nga · 4 prov
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Designs for Vases [verso]
1750 · Nga · 4 prov
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Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis
1780 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Two designs for candlesticks
1795 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche
1785 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Rijksmuseum

Venus Lamenting the Death of Adonis (1780)

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Lady with an Elaborate Cartouche (1785)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

The Meeting of Gautier, Count of Antwerp, and his Daughter, Violante (c. 1787)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Met Museum

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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