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accession number:	1916.1057
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The Blessed Mother, 1892. George Hitchcock (American, 1850–1913). Oil on canvas; unframed: 160.3 x 112 cm (63 1/8 x 44 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1057

title:				The Blessed Mother
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creation date:			1892
creation date earliest:		1892
creation date latest:		1892
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* George Hitchcock (American, 1850–1913)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 160.3 x 112 cm (63 1/8 x 44 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  -G- HITCHCOCK- / -1-8-9-2-
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		American Expatriate Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century
	opening date:   1976-12-04T05:00:00
	<i>American Expatriate Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century</i>. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (organizer) (December 4, 1976-January 16, 1977); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (February 4-March 20, 1977).

	title:		American Imagination and Symbolist Painting
	opening date:   1979-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>American Imagination and Symbolist Painting</i>. Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (October 24-December 8, 1979); Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS (January 20-March 2, 1980).

	title:		Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age
	opening date:   2003-02-23T00:00:00
	<i>Cleveland Collects American Art of the Gilded Age</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 23-May 18, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Dayton, Ohio, The Dayton Art Institute, American Expatriate Painters of the Late Nineteenth Century, (4 December 1976- 16 January 1977), no. 12; as Blessed Mother; traveled to Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (4 February 1977- 20 March 1977) and Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (12 April 1977- 29 May 1977).', 'opening_date': '1976-12-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, American Imagination and Symbolist Painting, (24 October- 8 December 1979), cat. no. 29, as Blessed Mother; traveled to the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas (20 January - 2 March 1980).', 'opening_date': '1979-10-24T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from Boussod-Valadon in 1893 by Mr. J.H. Wade
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"The Wade Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 1 (1917): 3-12.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 4; reproduced: p. 7
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136060

	Stott, Annette. "Marcia Oakes Woodbury and Religious Identity in Moeder en Dochter: Het Geheele Leven." <em>Journal of the Archives of American Art</em>, 56 no.1 (Spring 2017): 24-41.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned; p. 31, fig. 7
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	Belt, Werner van den, and Bob Hardus. <em>De schilders van Duin- en Bollenstreek.</em> Zwolle: WBOOKS, 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 110
	url:		

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IMAGES

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