Anthony van Dyck: Madonna and Child
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Artist |
Anthony van Dyck
(1599–1641) |
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Alternative names |
Anthony van Dyck, Anthonie van Dyck, Anton van Dijck, Antonis van Deik, Antoon van Dijk, Anthonis van Dyck, Antoine van Dyck |
Description |
Flemish painter, drawer and printmaker |
Date of birth/death |
22 March 1599 ![Edit this at Wikidata](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
9 December 1641 ![Edit this at Wikidata](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Location of birth/death |
Antwerp |
Blackfriars, London |
Work location |
Antwerp (1609–1610, 1615–1620), London (1620-March 1621), Zaventem (1621), Genoa (October 1621-February 1622), Rome (February 1622-July 1622), Florence (1622), Bologna (1622), Venice (1622), Rome (1623), Mantua (1623), Genoa (1623), Palermo (1623–1624), Genoa (1624–1625), Antwerp (July 1627), London (1627-March 1628), Antwerp (March 1628), The Hague (1629), Antwerp (1629–1632), Haarlem (1632), City of Brussels (1632), London (May 1632-1634), Antwerp (1634–1635), City of Brussels (1634), London (1636–1640), Antwerp (18 October 1640-...), Paris (January 1641-November 1641), Blackfriars, London (November 1641-9 December 1641) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q150679 |
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Title |
Virgin and Child
label QS:Lit,"Madonna col Bambino"
label QS:Lhu,"Szűz Mária és a kis Jézus"
label QS:Lcy,"Y Forwyn a'r Plentyn"
label QS:Lpt,"A Virgem com o Menino"
label QS:Lro,"Fecioara cu Pruncul"
label QS:Lja,"聖母子"
label QS:Lpl,"Madonna z Dzieciątkiem"
label QS:Lhe,"הבתולה והילד"
label QS:Lnl,"Maria met kind"
label QS:Les,"La virgen y el Niño"
label QS:Lfr,"Vierge à l'Enfant"
label QS:Lsl,"Devica Marija z otrokom"
label QS:Len,"Virgin and Child"
label QS:Leo,"Dipatrino kun Infano"
label QS:Lmk,"Богородица со малиот Исус"
label QS:Lde,"Die heilige Jungfrau mit dem Kinde" |
Object type |
painting ![Edit this at Wikidata](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Genre |
religious art ![Edit this at Wikidata](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Description |
English: This Virgin and Child subtly incorporates traditional allusions to the miraculous. Mary's long, loose hair identifies her as a virgin, alluding to the virgin birth. The palatial column evokes her future reign as Queen of Heaven, while the nakedness of the Christ Child, explicitly a little boy, reminds believers that, miraculously, Christ was fully human and fully God.
Van Dyck worked in the Antwerp studio of Peter Paul Rubens before spending six years in Italy. Once returned, he created a style synthesizing that of Flanders and Italy, producing dramatic, yet elegant religious works such as this Virgin and Child, one of several versions; Van Dyck's touch is most evident here in the Virgin's face and hand. He subsequently became court painter to King Charles I of England, who raised him to the nobility. |
Depicted people |
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Date |
between circa 1630 and circa 1632 date QS:P571,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1632-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Baroqueera QS:P2348,Q37853 ) |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 126.1 cm (49.6 in); width: 114.6 cm (45.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,126.1U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,114.6U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
37.234 |
Place of creation |
London, England, United Kingdom (?) |
Object history |
- Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, until 1886
- Agnew, London, by purchase
- Joseph Ruxton [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Sale, Christie's, London, May 21-22, 1898, no. 70
- T. J. Blakeslee, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
- Henry Walters, Baltimore, December 1898, by purchase
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
- Christmas Display at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Baltimore. 1966-1967.
- Salute to Belgium, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1980
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- A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002-2004.
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Credit line |
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1898 |
References |
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Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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