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accession number: 1942.641
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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
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creation date: c. 1662
creation date earliest: 1657
creation date latest: 1667
current location: 213 Dutch Painting
creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture: Netherlands
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709) - artist
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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.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: "m. hobbema"
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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: 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, Cleveland, OH (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, Cleveland, OH (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) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Royal Institute, Liverpool, United Kingdom (1823).', 'opening_date': None}
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PROVENANCE
Mrs. W. Atherton, 1823;
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Judge Sir James Alan Park (1763-1838), who was married to a daughter of Richard Atherton of Preston; Colonel H. M. Clark, London, 1919;
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[Colnaghi & Co., London, 1920];
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[M. Knoedler & Co., New York];
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John L. Severance, Cleveland, upon his death, held in trust by the estate.
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Estate of John L. Severance Collection, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
page number: Reproduced: p. 301
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n300/mode/1up
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
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Broulhiet, Georges. Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709); Paris, France: Firmin-Didot, 1938.
page number: Reproduced: p. 311
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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