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1670s · Cleveland Museum of Art

The Monkey and the Cat

Abraham HondiusWikidata

painting by Abraham Hondius (Dutch, c. 1625-1695) (1979.82)

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Date
1670s (known to the decade)Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: probably 1670s
Medium
oil on canvasCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
62.2 × 73.7 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: 62.2 × 73.7 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Genre
genre artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1979.82Wikidata
Credit line
Gift of The Butkin FoundationCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1979 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (1979-)”
  2. 1974 – 1979
    The Butkin Foundation, Cleveland, OH, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Butkin Foundation, Cleveland, OH, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1 (1974-1979) [notes: 1 According to a letter from Norman A. Sugarman, president of The Butkin Foundation, to CMA director Sherman Lee, the Foundation acquired the painting in 1974 in exchange for two other works, both of which are unnamed in the letter.  Noah Butkin presumably was the other party in this arrangement.]”
  3. c. 1968 – 1974
    Noah Butkin [1918-1980], Cleveland, OH, probably by exchange to The Butkin Foundation
    gift
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Noah Butkin [1918-1980], Cleveland, OH, probably by exchange to The Butkin Foundation (c. 1968-1974)”
  4. Until c. 1968 –
    (Judson Art Galleries, Kenilworth, IL, sold to Noah Butkin)
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Judson Art Galleries, Kenilworth, IL, sold to Noah Butkin) (Until c. 1968)”
  5. Probably until the mid – 1960s
    (Central Picture Galleries, New York, sold to Judson Art Galleries)1
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Central Picture Galleries, New York, sold to Judson Art Galleries)1 (Probably until the mid-1960s) [notes: 1 Central Picture Galleries was owned and operated by dealers Jan and Oscar Klein.  There are no extant records for the gallery.  The provenance of the painting before it was with Central Picture Galleries remains unknown. There was a Hondius of similar subject matter in the sale of the collection of Lady North at Sotheby’s, London, on July 11, 1945 (no. 151).  Although the painting’s post-sale and current whereabouts are unknown, Alfred Hentzen’s description of the painting (“Abraham Hondius,” Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunsthalle VIII, 1963, 39-40) as depicting a “monkey and cat fighting over a deal fowl” indicates it is not the CMA painting.  ]”
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