id: 135311 accession number: 1958.320 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.320 updated: 2024-09-04 14:26:16.976000 The Nativity, c. 1485–90. Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60–1523). Oil on wood panel; framed: 102.5 x 76 x 7.5 cm (40 3/8 x 29 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 85.2 x 59.7 cm (33 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1958.320 title: The Nativity title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1485–90 creation date earliest: 1485 creation date latest: 1490 current location: 112 Northern Renaissance creditline: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Flanders, Bruges technique: oil on wood panel department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Medieval Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60–1523) - artist Born in Oudewater (near Gouda), David probably trained in Haarlem. Admitted (as a foreigner) to the painters' guild in 1484, he was active there until his death in 1523. He was also inscribed in the painters' guild in Antwerp, 1515. --- measurements: Framed: 102.5 x 76 x 7.5 cm (40 3/8 x 29 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 85.2 x 59.7 cm (33 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch opening date: 1960-06-26T04:00:00 Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (co-organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1960). title: Art and Humanism in the Renaissance opening date: 1962-01-23T05:00:00 Art and Humanism in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962). 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: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). title: Gerard David and Flemish Landscape opening date: 2004-06-08T00:00:00 Gerard David and Flemish Landscape. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (organizer) (June 8-August 17, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Berlin, Kunstgeschichtliche Gesellschaft, 1898: Kunstwerke des Mittelalters und der Renaissance aus Berliner Privatbesitz, cat. no. 56; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans, 1939-1940: Schilderijen, beeldhouwerken en teekeningen uit particuliere verzameling in Nederland, cat. no. 12; The Hague, 1945: Nederlandsche kunst van de XVe en XVIe eeuw, cat. no. 45; Bruges, Musée Communal, 1949: Gerard David, cat. no. 6; Detroit Institute of Arts, 1960: Flanders in the Fifteenth Century, cat. no. 47; CMA, 1973: Dutch Art and Life in the 17th Century, no cat.; CMA, 1981: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, no cat.', 'opening_date': '1939-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (6/8/2004 - 8/17/2004): "Gerard David and Flemish Landscape", fig. 16, p. 45.', 'opening_date': '2004-06-08T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Possibly from a Russian coll.; Richard von Kaufmann, Berlin, 1898; (Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin sale, December 4, 1917, no. 78); Walter von Pannwitz, Berlin; Frau C. von Pannwitz, Hartekamp near Haarlem (1917); (Rosenberg & Stiebel, NY) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Rare 16th Century Painting Arrives at the Cleveland Museum of Art,” December 1, 1958, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0298 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. 69 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n93 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. 69 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n93 Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings Before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Mentioned: P. 151-153; Reproduced: P. 150-151, figs. 53, 53a, Pl. XXVI 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. 78 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n98 Real, William A. "Exploring New Applications for Infrared Reflectography." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 8 (1985): 390-412. page number: Reproduced: P. 398, fig. 6a, 6b, 6c, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b; Mentioned: P. 399-401 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159923 Urbach, Susan. Early Netherlandish Paintings. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2015. page number: Reproduced: p. 124, fig. 9.12 url: Gertsman, Elina. "Inciting Despair." In Emotions, Communities, and Difference in Medieval Europe: Essays in Honor of Barbara H. Rosenwein, Maureen C. Miller, and Edward Wheatley, 121-138. London; New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. page number: Reproduced: Fig. 8.4 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.320/1958.320_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.320/1958.320_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.320/1958.320_full.tif