id:			159488
accession number:	1996.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.26
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:30.741000

The Trinity, c. 1620. Hendrik van Balen (Flemish, 1575–1632). Oil on wood; framed: 134 x 107 x 7 cm (52 3/4 x 42 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 114.6 x 73.9 cm (45 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1996.26

title:				The Trinity
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1620
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1625
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Flanders
technique:	oil on wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Flemish
type:		Painting
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Hendrik van Balen (Flemish, 1575–1632)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 134 x 107 x 7 cm (52 3/4 x 42 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 114.6 x 73.9 cm (45 1/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed lower left:  H.V. Balen
	translation:	
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
	date: 1996-
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	(Konrad O. Bernheimer, Munich, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996)
	date: 1996
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	(Alex Wengraf, London, sold to Konrad O. Bernheimer)
	date: 1993-1996
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	Private collection, Spain, consigned to Alex Wengraf
	date: After 1984-1993
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	(Alex Wengraf, London, sold to a Spanish collector)
	date: By 1984-
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	(Sale, Sotheby’s, London, April 16, 1980, no. 184, withdrawn)
	date: 1980
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			* <div><!--block-->The reason the painting was withdrawn from the auction is unknown</div>
			
			
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	(Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 11, 1979, no. 37, bought in)
	date: 1979
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Konrad O. Bernheimer, Ltd., painting information sheet, in CMA curatorial file.
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	Werche, Bettina. <em>Hendrick van Balen: 1575-1632 : ein Antwerpener Kabinettbildmaler der Rubenszeit</em>. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2004.
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	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 11, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 11, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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	url:		

	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 9, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Konrad O. Bernheimer, Ltd., painting information sheet, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 9, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 11, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Konrad O. Bernheimer, Ltd., painting information sheet, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Werche, Bettina. <em>Hendrick van Balen: 1575-1632 : ein Antwerpener Kabinettbildmaler der Rubenszeit</em>. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2004.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 11, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 9, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Werche, Bettina. <em>Hendrick van Balen: 1575-1632 : ein Antwerpener Kabinettbildmaler der Rubenszeit</em>. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2004.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 11, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
	page number: 	
	url:		

	Werche, Bettina. <em>Hendrick van Balen: 1575-1632 : ein Antwerpener Kabinettbildmaler der Rubenszeit</em>. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2004.
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	Sotheby Parke Bernet &amp; Co. <em>Important Old Master Paintings</em>. 1980.
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	Alex Wengraf, email to Victoria Sears Goldman, Jan. 11, 2014, in CMA curatorial file.
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	url:		

	Sotheby's (Firm). <em>Important Old Master Paintings</em>. 1979.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Egyptian Sculpture, Old Master Painting, Important Cambodian Bronze,” June 13, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4046

	De Grazia, Diane, "A Message of Hope", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 37 no. 05, May 1997
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-05/page/n7

	Marr, Alexander. Rubens's Spirit: From Ingenuity to Genius. <br>London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 51-52
	url:		

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