id: 122345 accession number: 1942.641 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.641 updated: 2019-11-18 10:10:40.570000 A Cottage in the Woods, c. 1662. Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638-1709). Oil on canvas; framed: 122.5 x 149 x 12 cm (48 1/4 x 58 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 84 x 111.4 cm (33 1/16 x 43 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.641 title: A Cottage in the Woods title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1662 creation date earliest: 1657 creation date latest: 1667 current location: 213 Dutch Painting creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, 17th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638-1709) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 122.5 x 149 x 12 cm (48 1/4 x 58 11/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 84 x 111.4 cm (33 1/16 x 43 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: "m. hobbema" translation: remark: --- 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 12, 1936). title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00 Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943). title: Exhibition of Great Paintings; Five Centuries of Dutch Art opening date: 1944-03-09T04:00:00 Exhibition of Great Paintings; Five Centuries of Dutch Art. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (organizer) (March 9-April 9, 1944). title: Exhibition of a Single Fine Painting opening date: 1951-12-01T05:00:00 Exhibition of a Single Fine Painting. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1951-January 1, 1952). title: Dutch Painting, The Golden Age opening date: 1955-01-05T05:00:00 Dutch Painting, The Golden Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955). title: Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century opening date: 1973-07-10T04:00:00 Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art (July 10-September 2, 1973). title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Royal Institute, Liverpool, United Kingdom (1823). --- PROVENANCE Mrs. W. Atherton, 1823; date: footnotes: citations: Judge Sir James Alan Park (1763-1838), who was married to a daughter of Richard Atherton of Preston; Colonel H. M. Clark, London, 1919; date: footnotes: citations: [Colnaghi & Co., London, 1920]; date: footnotes: citations: [M. Knoedler & Co., New York]; date: footnotes: citations: John L. Severance, Cleveland, upon his death, held in trust by the estate. date: footnotes: citations: Estate of John L. Severance Collection, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: A windmill, an important symbol of Dutch identity, can be found in the background of this painting. digital description: wall description: Inspired by the native Dutch landscape, Meindert Hobbema specialized in scenes of dense forest growth punctured by winding paths and views toward sunlit clearings that beckon with fertile fields and rustic cottages. Hobbema’s paintings were especially popular among Dutch citizens, who took enormous pride in their land. In addition to nationalistic pride in having recently gained independence from Spain, there was also a profound awareness of the preciousness of land in a low-lying nation, which required dikes, pumps, and constant vigilance to guard against flooding. While the Dutch earned much of their considerable wealth from sea trade, agriculture and livestock were important sources of prosperity. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 223, p. 90, Reproduced: pl. LV url: Broulhiet, Georges. Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709); Paris, France: Firmin-Didot, 1938. page number: Reproduced: p. 311 url: Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Mentioned: p. 22, cat. no. 7; Reproduced: p. [23], Plate IX, cat. no. 7 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n26 Francis, Henry S. "Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XXIX, no. 9 (November 1942): 130-136. page number: Reproduced: p. 134 url: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Loan Exhibition of Great Paintings; Five Centuries of Dutch Art, March 9th to April 9th, 1944; Under the Distinguished Patronage of His Excellency the Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of Canada, and H.R.H. the Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and H.R.H. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands; for the Benefit of the Children of Great Britain, the Netherlands and Occupied Countries of Europe. Exposition De Tableaux Célèbres; Cinq Siècles D'art Hollandais, Du 9 Mars Au 9 Avril 1944; Sous Le Haut Patronage De Son Excellence Le Comte D'Athlone, Gouverneur-Général Du Canada, De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Alice, Comtesse D'Athlone, Et De Son Altesse Royale La Princesse Juliana De Hollande; Au Profit Des Enfants De Grande Bretagne, De Hollande, Et Des Nations Occupées D'Europe. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 87 url: Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. page number: Reproduced: p. 21 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n29 Coe, Nancy. The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland. Thesis M.A. Oberlin College, 1955. page number: Reproduced: Vol. II, p. 232, no. 7, pl. XLVII url: Milliken, William Mathewson. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Great Museums of the World Series. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 1958. page number: Reproduced: p. 42 url: 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. 444 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n81 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. 126 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n150 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. 126 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n150 Argencourt, Louise d' and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 240-241 url: 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. 163 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n183 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. 240; Reproduced: p. 241 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.641/1942.641_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.641/1942.641_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.641/1942.641_full.tif