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accession number: 1962.293
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Landscape with Venus and Adonis, 1580s. Gillis van Coninxloo (Netherlandish, 1544–1607). Oil on copper; framed: 48.3 x 64.5 x 7 cm (19 x 25 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 37.8 x 53.6 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1962.293
title: Landscape with Venus and Adonis
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creation date: 1580s
creation date earliest: 1580
creation date latest: 1589
current location: 118 Italian Renaissance
creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: Netherlands, 16th century
technique: oil on copper
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Netherlandish-Flemish
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Gillis van Coninxloo (Netherlandish, 1544–1607) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 48.3 x 64.5 x 7 cm (19 x 25 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 37.8 x 53.6 cm (14 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: "GLVC [monogram]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1963)
opening date: 1963-11-27T05:00:00
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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: Flemish Landscapes, 1520-1700
opening date: 2003-09-01T00:00:00
Flemish Landscapes, 1520-1700. Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen, Germany (August 23-November 30, 2003); Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria (organizer) (December 21, 2003-April 12, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, 1963: "Year in Review 1963," Bull., L (Dec. 1963), p. 293, no. 86.', 'opening_date': '1963-12-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'CMA, 1996: "Landscape in Detail," September 10-Novevmber 3, 1996, no catalogue', 'opening_date': '2010-09-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Kulturstiftung Ruhr, Villa Hügel, Essen (8/23/2003 - 11/30/2003) and Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien (12/21/2003 - 4/12/2004): "Flemish Landscapes, 1520-1700", exh. cat. no. 39, p. 124-125.', 'opening_date': '2003-08-23T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Possibly Gillis van Coninxloo the Elder (inventory of January 19, 1607);
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Possibly Jacques Kina (N. de Roever, "De Coninxloo's," Oud Holland, III, 1885,42);
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Possibly Anna de Schot (inventory of April 21, 1663; see J. Denuce, De Antwerpsche 'Konst-kamers' Inventarissen van Kunstverzamelingen te Antwerpen in de 16 en 17 Eeuwen, II, Amsterdam, 1932,238);
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Henry Doetsch, London, 1895;
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(Christie's, London, June 22-25,1895, no. 282, illus.);
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M. Greene, London, 1932;
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Harry Quilter, London, 1961;
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[F. Kleinberger, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Thieme, Ulrich, Felix Becker, Fred. C. Willis, and Hans Vollmer. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Leipzig, Germany: W. Engelmann, 1907.
page number: Reproduced: p. 303, vol. 7
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Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler. "A landscape with Venus and Adonis." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art L, no. 11 (November, 1963): 252-258.
page number: Reproduced: p. 252, Detail: fig. 1,,3,5,6,9
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Saisselin,R.G. "Art in an Imitation of Nature." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LII, no. 2 (February, 1965): 34-44.
page number: Mentioned: p. 35
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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. 104
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n128
Gibson, Walter S. "Herri met de Bles: Landscape with St. John the Baptist Preaching." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LV, no. 3 (March, 1968): 76-87.
page number: Reproduced: p. 86, fig. 13
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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. 104
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n128
Plietzsch, Eduard. Die Frankenthaler Maler; ein Beitrag zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der niederländischen Landschaftsmalerei. Soest, Germany: Davaco, 1972.
page number: Reproduced: p. 50, no. 5, pl. III
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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. 122
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n142
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. 9-11; Reproduced: p. 10
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Thiery, Yvonne. Les peintres flamands de paysage au XVIIe siècle: des précurseurs à Rubens. Bruxelles, Belgique: Lefèbvre et Gillet, 1988.
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Huys Janssen, Paul, and Peter C. Sutton. The Hoogsteder Exhibition of Dutch Landscapes. The Hague, Netherlands: Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 35, fig. 3
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Bauman, Guy, and Walter A. Liedtke. Flemish Paintings in America: A Survey of Early Netherlandish and Flemish Paintings in the Public Collections of North America. Antwerp, Belgium: Fonds Mercator, 1992.
page number: Reproduced: p. 324, plate 158
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Papenbrock, Martin. Landschaften des Exils: Gillis van Coninxloo und die Frankenthaler Maler. Köln, Germany: Böhlau, 2001.
page number: Abb. 24
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Benesz, Hanna. Die flämische Landschaft 1520-1700: eine Ausstellung der Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen und des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien. Lingen, Germany: Luca, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: p. 124-125, no. 39
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Jonckheere, Koenraad, Claire Baisier, and Maximiliaan P. J. Martens. Apelles achterna: Renaissancetekeningen uit de Zuidelijke Nederlanden uit Antwerpse privécollecties. Kontich: BAI voor het Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerpen, 2014.
page number: Reproduced: p. 77
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