id: 108541
accession number: 1926.247
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The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen, c. 1590–1595. El Greco (Spanish, 1541–1614). Oil on canvas; framed: 160 x 131 x 7.5 cm (63 x 51 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 130 x 100 cm (51 3/16 x 39 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art in memory of J. H. Wade 1926.247
title: The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen
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creation date: c. 1590–1595
creation date earliest: 1590
creation date latest: 1595
current location: 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
creditline: Gift of the Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art in memory of J. H. Wade
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culture: Spain, 16th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Spanish before 1800
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* El Greco (Spanish, 1541–1614) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 160 x 131 x 7.5 cm (63 x 51 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 130 x 100 cm (51 3/16 x 39 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
title: The Venetian Tradition
opening date: 1956-11-08T05:00:00
The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957).
title: El Greco
opening date: 2003-09-29T00:00:00
El Greco. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 29, 2003-January 11, 2004).
title: Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-11-08T00:00:00
Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Frick Collection, New York, NY (organizer) (November 8, 2006-January 28, 2007).
title: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-03-29T00:00:00
Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (March 29-July 8, 2007).
title: El Greco and Modernism
opening date: 2012-04-28T00:00:00
El Greco and Modernism. Museum Kunst Palast, 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany (organizer) (April 28-August 13, 2012).
title: Masterworks - Portland
opening date: 2014-12-13T00:00:00
Masterworks - Portland. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (December 13, 2014-April 5, 2015).
title: El Greco: Ambition and Defiance
opening date: 2019-10-14T04:00:00
El Greco: Ambition and Defiance. Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, Paris cedex 12, France (organizer) (October 14, 2019-February 10, 2020); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 5-October 19, 2020) https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/2939/el-greco-ambition-and-defiance.
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Budapest, musée des Beaux-Arts, no date: " Dominico theotokopuli el Greco 1547-1614... Collection marczell de Nemes," pl. 3.', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'Munich, Alte Pinakothek, 1911: "Sammlung des kgl. Rates Marzcell von Nemes, Budapest," cat. no. 14.', 'opening_date': '1911-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Düsseldorf, Städtische kunsthalle, 1912: "Ausstellung der Galerie Marzcell v. Nemes," cat no. 65.', 'opening_date': '1912-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Paris, Galerie manzi, Joyant, June 15-16, 1913: "Tableaux anciens..compsant la collection de m. Marzcell de Nemes de Budapest," cat. no. 31., illus.', 'opening_date': '2016-06-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Chicago, Art Insititute of Chicago, June 1-November 1, 1934: "Century of Progress," cat. no. 73. pl. XV.', 'opening_date': '1934-06-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1936: "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of CMA," cat. no. 156, pl. XXV.', 'opening_date': '1936-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, March 17-April 26, 1937: "Masters of Spanish Painting."', 'opening_date': '1937-03-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Paris (exposition organized by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts), June 16-November 30, 1937: "Domenico theotocópuli, El Greco," cat. no. 25, illus.', 'opening_date': '1937-06-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1956: "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 16, pl. XXXV.', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, 1982: "El Greco of Toledo," (Boston: A New York Graphic Society Book, Little , Brown and Company, 1982), cat. no. 27, p. 239, repr. color plate 46. (Painting only exhibied in Toledo, Ohio, September 19-November 14, 1982.', 'opening_date': '1982-09-19T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, September 9-October 22, 1989: "Holy Image, Holy Space: Icons and Frescoes from Greece." (Painting only exhibited in Cleveland0.', 'opening_date': '1989-09-09T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Metropolitan Musuem of Art (9/29/2003 - 1/11/2004): "El Greco" exh. cat. no. 31.', 'opening_date': '2003-09-29T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Frick Collection (November 8, 2006 - January 28, 2007): "Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art", exh. cat. no. 5, p. 32-35.', 'opening_date': '2006-11-08T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage (March 29, 2007 - July 8, 2007): "Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-03-29T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf (4/28/2012 - 8/13/2-12): "El Greco and Modernism", no cat. no., p. 102-103.', 'opening_date': '2012-03-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Portland Art Museum, OR (12/13/1014 - 4/5/2015): "Masterworks - Portland"', 'opening_date': '2015-04-05T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Convent of Esquivias, near Toledo
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Juan Gutiérrez, Torrejón de Velasco, Spain
date: -1899
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Stanislas O'Rossen (1864-1933), Paris, France
date: -1908
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Marczell von Nemes (1866-1930), Budapest, Hungary, sold, Paris
date: -1913
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Gentile di Giuseppe (1868-1940), Paris, France
date: -1917
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(D. Atri, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: -1926
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1926-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
page number: Reproduced: p. 32
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n36
Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.
page number: Reproduced: p. 44
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n52
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 419
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n77
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 130
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n154
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 130
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n154
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 149
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n169
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: p. 493-496; Reproduced: p. 494
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Kitaj, R. B., and Timothy Hyman. "A Return to London" IN Kitaj Paintings, Drawings, Pastels. John Ashebury, Joe Shannon, Jane Livingston, 41. New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, 1983.
page number: Mentioned: p. 41
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 46 no. 10, December 2006
page number: Mentioned & reproduced; cover-p.2
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-10
Molnos, Péter, et. al. Lost Heritage: Hungarian Art Collectors in the Twentieth Century. Budapest: Kieselbach Gallery and Auction House Ltd., 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 180; Reproduced: p. 181
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Kientz, Guillaume, and Greco. Greco. Paris : Réunion des musées nationaux : Musée du Louvre ; Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.
page number: Reproduced: p.196, cat. 61
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Merle du Bourg, Alexis. "1585-1614 L’apothéose d'un style." Dossier de l'art 273, (October 2019): 50-63.
page number: Reproduced: p. 53
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Long, Rebecca J. El Greco: Ambition & Defiance. Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.
page number: Reproduced: P. 141
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Rowlands, Eliot W. "An indefatigable intermediary: Harold Woodbury Parsons (1882-1967) and the formation of the European collections at the Cleveland Museum of Art: part 2." Journal of the History of Collections 33, no.1 (2021): 93-109.
page number: Reproduced p.96; mentioned p.96, 103
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