
The Adoration of the Christ Child
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen · c. 1515
Provenance
Ownership history
- Spanish Art Gallery, London, by 1914 to at least 1916 [Steinbart 1922, p. 72; and Conway 1921]. Dr. John E. Stillwell, New York, by 1922[Steinbart 1922, p. 72]; sold, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, Dec. 1–3, 1927, no. 217, to Clapp and Graham as agent for Harding, for $10,250 [Art News 1927, p. 12]; George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939), Chicago; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago; offered for sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Dec. 2, 1976, no. 210, withdrawn; ownership transferred to the Art Institute, 1982; accessioned, 1983.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Saint Paul (Minn.) Art Center, The Age of Belief, 1966–67, no. 3.
- Alkmaar, Netherlands, Alkmaar City Museum, Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen: The Master and His Oeuvre, March 1–June 2, 2013.
Literature
Published references
- Martin Conway, The Van Eycks and Their Followers, London, 1921, p. 458.
- Kurt Steinbart, Die Tafelgemälde des Jakob Cornelisz von Amsterdam, Strasbourg, 1922, pp. 72–77, 157, pl. 6, fig. 1.
- G.F.M., “New York Has Its Hidden Collections,” Art News 21, 21 (1923), p. 7.
- J. Six, “Jan van Hout, Cornelis Buys en Jacob Cornelisz.,” Oud Holland 42 (1925), p. 26.
- “Pictures Bring Best Prices in Stillwell Sale,” Art News 26, 10 (1927), pp. 1, 12.
- Max J. Friedländer, Die altniederländische Malerei, vol. 12, Leiden, 1935, p. 195, no. 254, pl. 51; rev. English ed., Early Netherlandish Painting, Brussels and Leiden, 1975, pp. 116, 144 n. 92, no. 254, pl. 142.
- Max J. Friedländer, Die altniederländische Malerei, vol. 14, Leiden, 1937, p. 124; rev. English ed., Early Netherlandish Painting, Brussels and Leiden, vol. 11, 1974, p. 102.
- G. J. Hoogewerff, De Noord-nederlandsche schilderkunst, vol. 3, The Hague,1939, p. 111.
- Jaap Leeuwenberg, “Twee teruggevonden werken van Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen,” Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten 20 (1943), p. 161.
- Denise Fallon, “Une Intervention d’Adriaen Ysenbrant ou de son atelier dans un triptyque maniériste de 1520, conservé à Bruges,” Bulletin: Institut royal du patrimoine artistique 19 (1982–83), p. 134.
- Jane L. Carroll, “The Paintings of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (1472–1533),” Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987 (Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms, 1988), pp. 204–05, under cat. 4.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Glad Tidings of Great Joy, Chicago, 1993, pp. 22–23, 25 (ill.), 39.
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