A Genoese Lady with Her Child
c. 1623–25
Anthony van Dyck
Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641)
European Painting and Sculpture
A Genoese Lady with Her Child, c. 1623–25. Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641). Oil on canvas; framed: 266.5 x 184 x 12 cm (104 15/16 x 72 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 217.8 x 146 cm (85 3/4 x 57 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1954.392 This portrait was a departure from the painting style popular at this time, focusing less on a demonstrative display of wealth and status and more on capturing the essence of the sitter. Although the clothing denotes affluence, this intimate interaction between mother and child transcends class boundaries.
- Maker/Artist
- Dyck, Anthony van
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 266.5 x 184 x 12 cm (104 15/16 x 72 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 217.8 x 146 cm (85 3/4 x 57 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1954.392
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Venetian Tradition, In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Style, Truth and the Portrait, Juxtapositions, Van Dyck. Grande pittura e Collezionismo a Genova, Anton van Dyck, Riflessi italiani, London, British Institution, 1832, cat. no. 46.<br><br>London, British Institution, 1854, cat. no. 62<br><br>London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1902: "Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters," cat. no. 102.<br><br>Brussels, Nouveau Palais, 1910: "Tresor de l'art belge au XVIIe siecle," no. LXIX, p. 154, plate 60 (catalogue published in 1912: see also literature)<br><br>New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913: "A Loan Exhibition of Mr. Morgan's Paintings," Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin VIII (January, 1913), p. 6, reproduced p. 4.<br><br>Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, 1990: "Anthony Van Dyck: Paintings in the Grand Manner," cat. no. 37, reproduced in color p. 179.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
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