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Portrait of a Child with a Dog
probably mid-1600s29 1/2 x 25 in. (74.9 x 63.5 cm)
Spanish artist
Italy
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Helen C. Ellwanger
Accession Number:
1964.51
Location: Not currently on view
Portraits often include visual elements similar to those used by other painters of the period. The landscape and the rich drapery behind the child suggest a Spanish origin. Based on these elements as well as the treatment of the child’s face, one scholar has suggested that MAG’s Child with a Dog could be the work of Juan Battista Martinez del Mazo, the son-in-law of the most famous Spanish painter of the mid-1600s, Diego Velázquez. After his father-in-law’s death, Mazo succeeded Velázquez as the official painter to the royal family; many of his portraits were of children, and many made use of similar background landscapes and drapery. We believe now that this work is by a painter active among the Spanish nobility during the mid-17th century, a period marked by prosperity and a flourishing of the arts known as Spain’s Golden Age.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
Provenance
Private collection, Italy, for 300 years; purchased from that owner by Gertrude Newell (1886-1958), New York and Moumour, France; her gift to Helen C. Ellwanger; her gift to the Gallery in 1964
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Sitzart: Chair Exhibit Memorial Art Gallery 7/5/1974 - 9/1/1974
- It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG's Collection 3/17/2013 - 6/9/2013
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Mention. Marilyn Stokstad. Preliminary Report of Spanish Paintings 1100-1900 in American Public Collections. [Lawrence, KS?]: United States-Spanish Joint Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation, 1989.
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It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue
Entry for this artwork in the It Came from the Vault exhibition catalogue. The exhibition ran from March 17-June 9, 2013