id: 138360 accession number: 1962.293 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.293 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:57.848000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1580s creation date earliest: 1580 creation date latest: 1589 current location: 118 Italian Renaissance creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands, 16th century technique: oil on copper department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Netherlandish-Flemish type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Gillis van Coninxloo (Netherlandish, 1544–1607) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: "GLVC [monogram]" translation: remark: --- 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). --- 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'} --- PROVENANCE Possibly Gillis van Coninxloo the Elder (inventory of January 19, 1607); date: footnotes: citations: Possibly Jacques Kina (N. de Roever, "De Coninxloo's," Oud Holland, III, 1885,42); date: footnotes: citations: 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); date: footnotes: citations: Henry Doetsch, London, 1895; date: footnotes: citations: (Christie's, London, June 22-25,1895, no. 282, illus.); date: footnotes: citations: M. Greene, London, 1932; date: footnotes: citations: Harry Quilter, London, 1961; date: footnotes: citations: [F. Kleinberger, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: 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 url: 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 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. 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 url: 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 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. 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 url: Thiery, Yvonne. Les peintres flamands de paysage au XVIIe siècle: des précurseurs à Rubens. Bruxelles, Belgique: Lefèbvre et Gillet, 1988. page number: url: 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 url: 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 url: Papenbrock, Martin. Landschaften des Exils: Gillis van Coninxloo und die Frankenthaler Maler. Köln, Germany: Böhlau, 2001. page number: Abb. 24 url: 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 url: 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.293/1962.293_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.293/1962.293_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.293/1962.293_full.tif