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Jun 9, 2009

The Triumph of the Church

after 1628

follower of Peter Paul Rubens

(Flemish, 1577–1640)

Flanders, 17th century

Oil on wood

Framed: 129.5 x 96.5 x 8.5 cm (51 x 38 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 74.1 x 105.7 cm (29 3/16 x 41 5/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1037

Location

not on view

Description

This work is likely a copy after Rubens’s oil sketch for the Triumph of the Eucharist tapestry series. Isabella, daughter of King Phillip II of Spain, commissioned the tapestries for a royal monastery in Madrid. The finished tapestries still hang there today, and the original oil sketch is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Provenance

Madrazo (Madrid, Spain);

M. Thiers, President of the French Republic (Paris, France);

Duchesse de Bauffremont (Paris, France);

E. Warneck (Paris, France);

- 1891 Durand-Ruel (Paris, France);

1891 - 1914 Mr. and Mrs. Jeptha H. Wade (Gates Mills, Ohio), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 33; Mentioned: p. 32-35

"The Wade Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 1 (1917): 3-12. Mentioned: p. 4; reproduced: p. 6 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 26 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. Reproduced: p. 33 archive.org

Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945. Reproduced: p. 28 archive.org

Exhibition history

Cleveland, 1913: "Cleveland Art Loan Exhibition," no 153D.

CMA, 1936: "the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition," no. 239.

Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Art, march 19-April 17, 1940: "Paintings by Rbens,"no. 7.

New York World's Fair, May 11-Oct. 28, 1940: "Masterpieces of Art" no. 70, pl. 70.

Akron (Ohio) Art Institute, Jan. 12-Feb. 26, 1950: "Inaugural Exhibition for New Building."

Buffalo, N.Y., Albright Art Gallery, Apr. 17-May 29, 1954: "Painters' Painters," no. 7, repr. pl. 7.

CMA, Oct. 2-Nov. 4, 1956: "The International Language," (no cat).

Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art, March 23-April 7, 1968: "Art II Survey Course," (no cat.)

CMA, 1980: "Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism," no. 96.

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

Art II Survey Course. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (organizer) (March 23-April 7, 1963).

Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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