Gillis van Coninxloo (Netherlandish, 1544–1607)

Gillis van Coninxloo

Venus, the goddess of love, is unsuccessful in dissuading her mortal lover Adonis from hunting the boar that would eventually kill him. The artist nestles this story in the foreground of an expansive view with Germanic architecture, rather than a classical setting. Woodlands were relatively new subjects in European painting and this work points toward the full-blown forested landscapes of the 1600s.

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

Year in Review (1963)

Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973).

Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century

Flemish Landscapes, 1520-1700. Kulturstiftung Ruhr Essen, Germany (August 23-November 30, 2003); Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria (organizer) (December 21, 2003-April 12, 2004).

Flemish Landscapes, 1520-1700

CMA, 1963: "Year in Review 1963," Bull., L (Dec. 1963), p. 293, no. 86.

CMA, 1996:  "Landscape in Detail," September 10-Novevmber 3, 1996, no catalogue

Kulturstiftung Ruhr, Villa Hügel, Essen (8/23/2003 - 11/30/2003) and Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien (12/21/2003 - 4/12/2004):  "Flemish Landscapes, 1520-1700", exh. cat. no. 39, p. 124-125.

A horizontally oriented oil painting on copper depicts a verdant landscape with dense dark trees on the left. Beneath the canopy, three figures with light skin tones appear: a man in a red tunic, a woman in a blue gown, and a winged child. To the right, a vast valley stretches toward the horizon with stone buildings and a large castle. Muted greens and blues define the scene beneath cloudy skies where a bird flies.

Possibly Gillis van Coninxloo the Elder (inventory of January 19, 1607);

Possibly Jacques Kina (N. de Roever, "De Coninxloo's," Oud Holland, III, 1885,42);

Possibly Anna de Schot (inventory of April 21, 1663; see J. Denuce, De Antwerpsche 'Konst-kamers' Inventarissen van Kunstverzamelingen te Antwerpen in de 16 en 17 Eeuwen, II, Amsterdam, 1932,238);

(Christie's, London, June 22-25,1895, no. 282, illus.);

[F. Kleinberger, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.

Landscape with Venus and Adonis

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