id: 148369
accession number: 1975.81
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Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel, 1639. Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610/11-1680). Oil on wood; framed: 80.6 x 68.3 x 3.9 cm (31 3/4 x 26 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 62.7 x 49.5 cm (24 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1975.81
title: Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel
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creation date: 1639
creation date earliest: 1639
creation date latest: 1639
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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culture: Netherlands, 17th century
technique: oil on wood
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort (Dutch, 1610/11-1680) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 80.6 x 68.3 x 3.9 cm (31 3/4 x 26 7/8 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 62.7 x 49.5 cm (24 11/16 x 19 1/2 in.)
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inscription: Inscribed on back: "Elisabet Spiegel"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Portraiture: The Image of the Individual
opening date: 1983-11-22T05:00:00
Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA 1973: "Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century," no catalogue.
CMA, February 1976: "Year in Review," cat., Bulletin, LXIII (February 1976), p.67, no. 62.
CMA, November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984: "Portraiture: The Image of the Individual," no cat.
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PROVENANCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1975-
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Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-1998], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: c. 1972-1975
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(Art dealer, United States, probably sold to Noah L. and Muriel S. Butkin) 1
date: 1972
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* 1 Christie's could not disclose the identity of the dealer who purchased the Santvoort at the 1972 sale. Given the brief length of time between the auction and the Butkins' donation of the painting to CMA in 1975, it is likely that this dealer sold the painting to the Butkins shortly after his or her purchase of the painting at Sotheby Parke Bernet - a more likely scenario than the Butkins' purchasing the painting at the auction through this unnamed dealer, as Christie's records show that the Butkins were not the buyers.
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(Sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Nov. 3, 1972, no. 38, sold to an American art dealer)
date: 1972
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Estate of private collector, consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet
date: Until 1972
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Private collection
date: After 1916-by 1972
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(M. Knoedler & Co., New York, probably sold to a private collector) 1
date: After 1916
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* 1 While it is likely that Knoedler sold the Santvoort to a private collector, it is not known if the buyer was the same private collector from whose estate Sotheby Parke Bernet sold the painting in 1972.
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J.T. or J.F. Drake 1
date: 1916-
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* 1The buyer written in the annotated copy of the Anderson Galleries catalogue appears to read “J.F. Drake,” but the handwriting is not easily legible. The published auction results in American Art News say that “J.T. Drake” paid $430 for the Santvoort, while those same auction results note that James F. Drake purchased a first edition in a books sale, and indeed, James F. Drake was a New York auction house specializing in books and manuscripts. Lugt’s Répertoire lists no J. Drakes.
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(Sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 3-5, 1916, no. 152, illus. p. 42, sold to J.T. or J.F. Drake) 1
date: 1916
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* 1 William Macbeth writes in his preface to the sale catalogue that because the increasing interest in American art took up much of his time, he kept postponing any exhibitions of his Old Masters collection, having finally decided to store them no longer and put them up for auction.
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William Macbeth, New York, consigned to the Anderson Galleries 1
date: 1895-1916
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* 1William Macbeth’s preface to the 1916 Anderson Galleries sale says, “The pictures consisting of the Old Masters which are here catalogued as my property are part of a collection purchased by me in Holland in 1895. The forming of the collection was the life work of a well-known resident of The Hague, M. Muijser. In his old age he decided to part with his pictures, but could not be induced to separate them,--hence the inclusion of some of minor importance."
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J.L. Muyser or possibly another private collector, Holland 1
date: 1883-1895
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* 1The purchaser of this painting is not listed in the sale catalogue, and because William Macbeth indicates that he purchased a collection in Holland in 1895 that was formed by “M. Muijser,” it is possible that the painting failed to sell at the auction and Muyser remained in possession of it until Macbeth bought it from him twelve years later. Unlike most of the Macbeth Gallery stock books, which are held by the Archives of American Art, the volume covering the years 1984-1903 contains a record of the paintings personally owned by William Macbeth, and the Santvoort and numerous other Old Master paintings are listed under “Collection bought of M. Muisjer, The Hague, Holland, August 1895.”
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(Royer-Kerst and Muyser sale, Nahuys-Hodgson, Amsterdam, Nov. 14, 1883, no. 142, MS addition to sales catalogue by Victor Stuers)
date: 1883
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M. Muyser, The Hague 1
date: Until 1883
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* 1M. Muyser (sometimes spelled “Muijser”) could be J.L. Muyser, who is referred to in Hofstede de Groot’s A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeeth Century as owning or previously owning several other paintings. There is also a J.L. Muyser, likely the same person, who was a prolific collector of the work of Josef Israels. A sale catalogue of his Israels collection is dated May 3, 1904, but provides neither his full name nor any additional information. One candidate is a J.L. Muyser listed in the “Nederlandsche Residentie- en ‘Sgravenhaagsche Stads-Almanak” from 1864: Volume 19, page 170 lists J.L. Muyser as one of two cashiers/controllers of the royal household (“controleur en kassier der hofhouding”).
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fun fact:
Amsterdam was a very important trade center when this portrait was painted in the mid-1600s. In this portrait, the girl wears an African ostrich feather in her hair and her skin appears to glow. Look closely at the way her small hands were treated and the naturalistic way they grip the musical instrument.
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This painting belongs to a series of portraits representing the five senses and each depicting a daughter of a wealthy family from Amsterdam. This portrait of 11-year-old Elizabeth Spiegel, who holds a recorder in her hands, represents the sense of hearing. Her gown of costly satin and pearl ornaments proclaims her family's prosperity, and the imported ostrich feathers from Africa indicate Amsterdam's role as an international trade center.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Paintings and Drawings. Nov. 3, 1972.
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Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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Sotheby's (Firm). Old Master Paintings and Drawings. Nov. 3, 1972.
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Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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Christina Eberli, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, April 10, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. April 3-5, 1916.
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American Art News 14, no. 27 (April 8, 1916): 8.
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Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. April 3-5, 1916.
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Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. April 3-5, 1916.
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Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk, 1892-1953, Series 3: Inventory Records, 1892-ca. 1957, Stock Book, 1894-1903, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution [Box 113].
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Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. 1916.
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Macbeth Gallery records, 1838-1968, bulk, 1892-1953, Series 3: Inventory Records, 1892-ca. 1957, Stock Book, 1894-1903, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution [Box 113].
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Frederik Muller & Cie. Tableaux anciens et modernes; aquarelles; sculptures. Nov. 14, 1883.
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Anderson Galleries, Inc. Paintings by American and European Artists. 1916.
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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. 272; Mentioned; p. 271-273
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IMAGES
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