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1608–1614 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Feast in the House of Simon

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painting by El Greco

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Date
1608–1614 (known to the decade)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: c. 1608–14
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
143.3 × 100.4 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 143.3 × 100.4 cm
Gallery
Gallery 206Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
religious artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1949.397Wikidata
Credit line
Gift of Joseph Winterbotham CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

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  1. 1949 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 172. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 72. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Art in New England: Paintings, Drawings, Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 9 - September 10, 1939, cat. 62. Art Gallery of Toronto, Loan Exhibition of Great Paintings in Aid of Allied Merchant Seamen, February 4–March 5, 1944, cat. 30, as Christ in the House of Simon. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition: Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950 – February 11, 1951, cat. 29. Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, El Greco Exhibition, October 18–December 14, 1986, cat. 45; Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, January 6–March 1, 1987; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, March 11–March 24, 1987 [Tokyo only]. Leningrad (St. Petersburg), State Hermitage Museum, Masterpieces of Western European Painting of the XVIth–XXth Centuries from the Museums of the European Countries and USA, October 17-November 30, 1989, cat. 7. Norfolk, Va., Chrysler Museum of Art, The Genius of El Greco: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, July 1–October 18, 1998, no cat. Toledo, Museo de Santa Cruz, El Greco: Painter and Master [Arte y Oficio], September 8-December 9, 2014, cat. 80 (ill.). Paris, Grand Palais, Greco, October 14, 2019–February 10, 2020, cat. 73; Art Institute of Chicago, El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, March 7–June 21, 2020, cat. 54.
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