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Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

c. 1662
(British)
(Flemish, 1599–1641)
England, 17th century
watercolor heightened with gum on vellum, with gold
Diameter: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Gift of the Painting and Drawing Society of The Cleveland Museum of Art 2008.148
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

King Charles II awarded Carew an annual pension to copy in miniature from the royal collection.

Description

Larger in size than most portrait miniatures, the Madonna and Child by Anna Maria Carew is a cabinet miniature, or a small work on vellum, enamel, or ivory that copies a full-scale oil painting. In this case the original painting was by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck, and engraved by Paulus Pontius around 1630 shortly after it was painted. As a cabinet miniature, this work is somewhat unusual because of its religious subject and its simplicity. Cabinet miniatures tended instead to reproduce paintings of dramatic subjects and climactic moments in myths or religious stories. They could be hung on the wall or stored in elaborate and specially designed furniture, and they were often displayed in the smaller, more private rooms of a house.
  • -2008
    Private Collection, Holland
    December 4, 2008
    (Sale: Sotheby's, London, December 4, 2008, no. 101)
    2008-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sotheby's (Firm). Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures. London: Sotheby's, 2008. no. 101
    Korkow, Cory, and Dario Robleto. Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives. 2013. Mentioned: p. 87
    Korkow, Cory, and Jon L. Seydl. British Portrait Miniatures: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2013. Cat. no. 18, pp. 98-102
  • Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (co-organizer) (October 1, 2023-January 7, 2024) https://artbma.org/exhibition/making-her-mark-a-history-of-women-artists-in-europe-1400-1800; Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (co-organizer) (March 27-July 1, 2024) https://ago.ca/exhibitions/making-her-mark-history-women-artists-europe-1400-1800.
    Disembodied: Portrait Minatures and their Contemporary Relatives. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 10, 2013-February 16, 2014).
  • {{cite web|title=Virgin and Child|url=false|author=Anna Maria Carew, Anthony van Dyck|year=c. 1662|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.148