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accession number: 1957.489
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Children Dancing, c. 1650. Circle of Le Nain (French). Oil on canvas; framed: 115 x 146 x 9.5 cm (45 1/4 x 57 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 92 x 120.2 cm (36 1/4 x 47 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Salmon P. Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle 1957.489
title: Children Dancing
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creation date: c. 1650
creation date earliest: 1645
creation date latest: 1655
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creditline: Gift of Mrs. Salmon P. Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
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culture: France, 17th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - French 17th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Le Nain (French) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 115 x 146 x 9.5 cm (45 1/4 x 57 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.); Unframed: 92 x 120.2 cm (36 1/4 x 47 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: La Peinture Francaise dans les Collections Americaines
opening date: 1966-05-13T04:00:00
La Peinture Francaise dans les Collections Americaines. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France (organizer) (May 13-September 15, 1966).
title: Les Frères Le Nain (The Brothers of Nain)
opening date: 1978-10-03T04:00:00
Les Frères Le Nain (The Brothers of Nain). Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (October 3, 1978-January 8, 1979).
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).
title: The Triumph of French Painting: Seventeenth Century Masterpieces from the Museums of FRAME [FRAME]
opening date: 2003-10-11T00:00:00
The Triumph of French Painting: Seventeenth Century Masterpieces from the Museums of FRAME [FRAME]. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (October 11, 2003-January 4, 2004); Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL (January 25-April 11, 2004); Meadows Museum (April 30-July 25, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, 1934: "Art of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries," no catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1934-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art, 1947: "The Brothers Le Nain," cat. no. 13, repr.', 'opening_date': '1947-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Musée de Bordeax, France, May-September 1966: "La Peinture française dans les collections américaines," cat. no. 9, plate 11.', 'opening_date': '1966-05-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Paris, Grand Palais, 1978/79: "Les Frères Le Nain," cat. no. 53, pp. 216, 254, 266-67, repr. (Catalogue by Jacques thuillier and michel Laclotte).', 'opening_date': '1979-08-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, June 7-September 8, 1991: "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum."', 'opening_date': '1991-06-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Portland Art Museum, OR (10/11/2003 - 1/4/2004), Birmingham Museum of Art (1/25/2004 - 4/11/2004) and Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas (5/2/2004 - 7/25/2004): "The Triumph of French Painting: 17th Century Masterpieces from the Museums of FRAME", p. 70-71.', 'opening_date': '2003-10-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Count Ottone Ponte di Scarnafigi of Sardinia (died 1788);
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Count Louis de Seyssel, Turin, sold to Salmon P. Halle, 1916
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Salmon P. Halle, upon his death, by inheritance to his wife.
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Mrs. Salmon P. Halle, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1957.
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CITATIONS
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. 119
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n143
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. 119
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n143
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. 171
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n191
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: Reproduced: p. 94; Mentioned: p. 95-96
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Thuillier, Jacques. Les frères Le Nain. Dijon: Éditions Faton, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 176-177, no. 53
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Passot, Sebastien. ""Are You Sure This Is What He Means?" Considerations on Dress Terminology in French Sources and Their Subsequent Translation." In Structuring Fashion: Foundation Garments Through History. Frank Matthias Kammel, and Johannes Pietsch, eds., 63-71. Munich: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum; Munich: Hirmer, 2019.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 65, fig. 3
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