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Title

Madonna and Child

painter

Joos Van Cleve (Cléveris, ca. 1485 - Antwerp, ca. 1540)

Generic classification
Painting
Object
Painting
Date
1530-1535
Century
Second quarter of the 16th c.
Cultural context / style
Flemish painting
Dimensions
24 1/16 x 18 1/4 in
Material
Panel
Technique
Oil Painting
Iconography / Theme
Virgen con el Niño
Provenance
Palencia (Palencia, Spain)
Current location
Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, United States)
Inventory Number in Current Collection
1981.130
Object history

According to Gaya Nuño (1964) this painting comes from Palencia, but it is unknown when it left Spain. In the early twentieth century Stefan Auspitz, a banker based in Vienna, bought numerous works of art to increase his collection and one of them was this painting by Joos Van Cleve (Friedländer, 1931). However, Auspitz was forced to sell his collection in 1931 due to financial problems. It was acquired by an art dealer, Kurt Walter Bachstitz, who bought it for $475,000. Bachstitz exhibited the collection at the Thomas Agnew & Sons Gallery (London), at which time several works by Joos Van Cleve were on view, including this one (Borenius, 1932). The painting subsequently entered the collection of the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (1981), where it is currently housed.

Description

The Virgin is depicted holding the Christ Child, who wriggles and attempts to play with His mother as He rises from the cushion. In the painting, the influences that Joos van Cleve encountered throughout his career are evident: on the one hand, the impact of Gerard David and Memling can be seen in the facial features and the folds of the garments; on the other, there is a clear approach towards the Italian Renaissance in the treatment of the Child's body.

Locations
* The relative location of dealers, antique shops, art galleries, and collectors leads us to the places where they were based or had one of their main headquarters. However, this does not always indicate that every artwork that passed through their hands was physically located there. In the case of antique dealers and art merchants, their business often extended across multiple territories; sometimes they would purchase items at their origin and send them directly to clients. Similarly, some collectors owned multiple residences, sometimes in different countries, where they housed their collections. It is often difficult to determine exactly where a specific piece was kept during its time in their possession. Consequently, the main location of the dealer or collector is indicated. These factors should be considered when interpreting the map. Refer to the object's history in each case.
Bibliography
  • BORENIUS, Tancred (1932): "The Stefan von Auspitz Collection", vol. 61, nº 357, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs.
  • FRIEDLÄNDER, Max (1931): Die altniederländische Malerei, vol. IX, Berlin.
  • GAYA NUÑO, Juan Antonio (1964): Pintura europea perdida por España: de Van Eyck a Tiépolo, Espasa-Calpe, Madrid.
  • LILLIE, Sophie (2003): Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Czernin Verlags GmbH, Viena.
Citation:

Isabel Escalera Fernández, "Madonna and Child" in Nostra et Mundi. Cultural Heritage from Castile and Leon around the world, Fundación Castilla y León, 2025. https://inventario.nostraetmundi.com/en/work/28

Madonna and Child

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati. Public Domain


Photography: Cincinnati Art Museum.

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati. Public Domain

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Photography: Cincinnati Art Museum.

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