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"tombstone": "Portrait of a Woman, possibly Elizabeth Boothby, 1619. Cornelis Jonson (called Jonson van Ceulen) (British, 1593\u20131661). Oil on wood; framed: 93.5 x 78 x 5 cm (36 13/16 x 30 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 65.7 x 56 cm (25 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1973.185",
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"title": "Portrait of a Woman, possibly Elizabeth Boothby",
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"measurements": "Framed: 93.5 x 78 x 5 cm (36 13/16 x 30 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 65.7 x 56 cm (25 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.)",
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"inscription": "Signed lower right: \"JC fecit. / 1619\" [JC in monogram]",
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"id": 301878,
"title": "Year in Review: 1973",
"description": "Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).",
"opening_date": "1974-01-30T05:00:00"
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"description": "E. C. Knight, London (sale: Christie's, London, 29 Jan. 1917, no. 45, evidently bought in by family for 80 Gns.)",
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"description": "Colonel G. M. Knight, consigned to Christie's, London, in 1947",
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"description": "(Christie's, London, 17 Oct. 1947, no. 47, sold to Goldblatt for 90 Gns.)",
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"description": "Central Picture Galleries, New York, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin",
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"date": "By 1971",
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"description": "Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1973.",
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"did_you_know": "For this prominent merchant's daughter, sparkling jewels and expensive lace were proud evidence of wealth.",
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"description": "Research suggests that this portrait may depict Elizabeth Boothby (1590\u20131658), daughter of a prominent London merchant. The jewels in her hair, the silver thread and expensive lace adorning her silk gown, and even the faux marble oval surrounding her image are all signs of wealth and status. Although painted in England, this portrait reflects the traditions of Dutch portraiture, evidence of the fluid artistic exchange that existed between the two countries. Jonson was born in London, received his artistic training in Amsterdam, and spent the last 20 years of his career in the Dutch Republic.",
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"citation": "Finberg, Alexander J. \"A Chronological List of Portraits by Cornelis Johnson or Jonson.\" The Walpole Society 10 (1921-22): 7, p. III",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 7; Reproduced: pl. III",
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"citation": "Whitworth Art Gallery. The Age of Shakespeare. Manchester: Whitworh Art Gallery, 1964.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 24",
"url": null
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"citation": "\"The Year in Review for 1973.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78.",
"page_number": "Referenced: cat. no. 38, p. 74, Reproduced: p. 43",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513."
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"citation": "Lurie, Ann Tzeutschler, and William S. Talbot. \"Annual Report for 1973: Paintings.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61 no. 6 (June 1974): 186-187",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 186; Reproduced: p. 187",
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},
{
"citation": "Christie, Manson & Woods. Important English Pictures. 1974.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 56, lot no. 165",
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},
{
"citation": "Christie, Manson & Woods. Important English Pictures. 1975.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 32, lot no. 81",
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"citation": "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. 169",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n189"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings. Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 195-197; reproduced: p. 196",
"url": null
},
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"citation": "Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 116",
"url": null
},
{
"citation": "Karen Hearn, Edward Town, and Jessica David. Cornelius Johnson, 1593-1661: Painter to King & Country. London: The Weiss Gallery, 2016.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 20, 38",
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