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c. 1670 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

Gerard de LairesseWikidata

painting by Gerard de Lairesse (Flemish, 1641-1711) (1992.2)

Wander from here

In the picture

OdysseusHermesCalypso
Date
c. 1670Wikidata
Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1670
Medium
oil on canvasCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
91.4 × 113.7 cmCleveland Museum of Art
Wikidata: 91.4 × 113.7 cm
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandWikidata
Gallery
215 French, German, and DutchCleveland Museum of Art
Genre
mythological paintingWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1992.2Wikidata
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt FundCleveland Museum of Art

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Until 1946 –
    Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton [1857-1942], Cheshire, upon his death, probably held in trust by the estate
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton [1857-1942], Cheshire, upon his death, probably held in trust by the estate (Until 1946) [notes: The 1946 Sotheby’s auction catalogue includes this painting as part of the property of the “Rt. Hon. Lord Newton.” The Right Honourable Lord Newton was Thomas Wodehouse Legh, who died in 1942 [b. 1857].  His oldest son, Richard Legh, presented Lyme Park, the family’s estate, to the National Trust in 1946, and in October of that year, a portion of the library at Lyme Park was sold at auction.  Therefore, it is not unreasonable to think that he may also have sold paintings from his father’s collection at auction that same year. ]”
  2. 1946 –
    (Sale, Sotheby’s London, July 17, 1946, lot 63, sold to Julius Singer)1
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Sale, Sotheby’s London, July 17, 1946, lot 63, sold to Julius Singer)1 (1946) [notes: The auction catalogue attributes the painting to [Jacques] Blanchard and titles it “Mars and Venus.” However, the dimensions are the same as those of the CMA painting, and Johnny van Haeften did identify the two paintings as one and the same, in terms of both their compositions and provenances.]”
  3. 1946 –
    (Julius Singer, London, probably sold to a Rio de Janeiro private collector)
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Julius Singer, London, probably sold to a Rio de Janeiro private collector) (1946-) [notes: The price list inserted into the Sotheby’s sale catalogue identifies the buyer of the painting as “Singer,” and Johnny van Haeften situated the painting with a “J. Singer” prior to the Rio de Janeiro collector.  The file on the painting in the RKD image database identifies him as Julius Singer, an art dealer in London.]”
  4. Until 1991 –
    Private collection, Rio de Janeiro
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “Private collection, Rio de Janeiro (Until 1991)”
  5. 1991 –
    (Christie’s, New York, sale, Oct. 9, 1991, lot 195, sold to Johnny van Haeften, Ltd.)
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Christie’s, New York, sale, Oct. 9, 1991, lot 195, sold to Johnny van Haeften, Ltd.) (1991)”
  6. 1991 – 1992
    (Johnny van Haeften, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “(Johnny van Haeften, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1991-1992)”
  7. 1992 –
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
    purchase
    high confidenceCleveland Museum of Art
    “The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio (1992-)”
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