id: 131819 accession number: 1954.392 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.392 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:11.085000 A Genoese Lady with Her Child, c. 1623–25. Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641). Oil on canvas; framed: 266.5 x 184 x 12 cm (104 15/16 x 72 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 217.8 x 146 cm (85 3/4 x 57 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1954.392 title: A Genoese Lady with Her Child title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1623–25 creation date earliest: 1623 creation date latest: 1625 current location: 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund copyright: --- culture: Flanders, 17th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Netherlandish-Flemish type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 266.5 x 184 x 12 cm (104 15/16 x 72 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 217.8 x 146 cm (85 3/4 x 57 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00 In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). title: Style, Truth and the Portrait opening date: 1963-10-01T04:00:00 Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Van Dyck. Grande pittura e Collezionismo a Genova opening date: 1997-03-22T00:00:00 Van Dyck. Grande pittura e Collezionismo a Genova. Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy (March 22-July 13, 1997). title: Anton van Dyck, Riflessi italiani opening date: 2004-02-19T00:00:00 Anton van Dyck, Riflessi italiani. Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy (organizer) (February 19-July 4, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * London, British Institution, 1832, cat. no. 46. * London, British Institution, 1854, cat. no. 62 * London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1902: "Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters," cat. no. 102. * Brussels, Nouveau Palais, 1910: "Tresor de l'art belge au XVIIe siecle," no. LXIX, p. 154, plate 60 (catalogue published in 1912: see also literature) * New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913: "A Loan Exhibition of Mr. Morgan's Paintings," Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin VIII (January, 1913), p. 6, reproduced p. 4. * Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, 1990: "Anthony Van Dyck: Paintings in the Grand Manner," cat. no. 37, reproduced in color p. 179. --- PROVENANCE Du Pre Alexander, Second Earl of Caledon, purchased through George Augustus Wallis in Florence, March 1829; date: footnotes: citations: J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), London and New York, by 1902; date: footnotes: citations: [M. Knoedler & Co., New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This portrait was a departure from the painting style popular at this time, focusing less on a demonstrative display of wealth and status and more on capturing the essence of the sitter. Although the clothing denotes affluence, this intimate interaction between mother and child transcends class boundaries. digital description: wall description: Prior to the 1600s, large, full-length portraits of wealthy clients usually emphasized the trappings of status above any other qualities. The accuracy of the likeness and vivacity of the person remained subordinate to an easily readable sense of the sitter’s power and position in society. Artists such as Van Dyck transformed this tradition, which sent shockwaves through Genoa, instantly changing the direction of elite portraiture in the city. While the elaborate garb of this unidentified sitter and the scale of the image certainly mark her status, the warmth Van Dyck imparted to her face, the drama of the background, and the touching detail of the child spontaneously reaching upward add life, energy, and theatricality to the work. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Arendsee, M., and M. Steinman-Arendsee. "Take the CAN disability aesthetics tour, at the Cleveland Museum of art." CAN Journal (Winter 2019/20): 76-87. page number: Mentioned: p. 77 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Venetian Tradition: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art: 1956. page number: Mentioned: p. 22; Reproduced: pl. XVI 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. 443 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n81 Saisselin, Rémy G. Style, Truth, and the Portrait. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 24 url: 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. 120 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n144 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. 120 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n144 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. 154 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n174 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. 11-13; Reproduced: p. 12 url: Sanguineti, Daniele. Giovanni Bernardo Carbone: 1616-1683. Genova : Sagep editori, 2020, 129. page number: Reproduced: p. 129, fig. 150; Mentioned: p. 123. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.392/1954.392_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.392/1954.392_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.392/1954.392_full.tif