
Virgin and Child
Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden · c. 1460
Provenance
Ownership history
- Vincent Steyaert, Bruges, by 1867 [lent by him to Bruges 1867]. Dr. De Meyer, Bruges, by 1884 [according to Hymans 1884 and 1902]. J. Mathys, Brussels, by 1902 [lent by him to Bruges 1902]; sold, Galerie J. & A. Le Roy Frères, Brussels, Dec. 18, 1911, no. 11, to Steinmeyer & Fils, Paris; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, June 23, 1913 [invoice; Art Institute Archives]; on loan to the Art Institute from 1915; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Bruges, Grande Salle des Halles, Tableaux de l’ancienne école néerlandaise, 1867, no. 18, as unknown master.
- Bruges, Hôtel de Gouvernement Provincial, Exposition des primitifs flamands et d’art ancien, 1902, no. 28.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, no. 56.
- Art Institute of Chicago A Century of Progress, 1934, no. 129.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Christmas Story in Art, 1938–39 (no cat.).
- The Art Institute of Chicago, New Light on Old Masters: Research on Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute, 26 June—14 September 2008, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Henri Hymans, ed., Le Livre des peintres de Carel van Mander: Vie des Peintres flamands, hollandais, et allemands (1604); Traduction, notes et commentaires, vol. 1, Paris, 1884, p. 97.
- Georges Hulin de Loo, Exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe, et XVIe siècles: Catalogue critique, Ghent, 1902, p. 7, no. 28.
- Henri Hymans, “L’exposition de primitifs flamands à Bruges,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 3rd. ser., 28 (1902), pp. 194–96 (ill.).
- Giorgio Le Brun, “L’esposizione dei primitivi fiamminghi,” Rassegna d’Arte 2 (1902), pp. 146 (ill.), 147.
- Franz Dülberg, “Die Ausstellung altniederländischer Meister in Brügge,” Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst, n.s., 14 (1903), p. 55.
- Max J. Friedländer, “Die Brügger Leihausstellung von 1902,” Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 26 (1903), pp. 70–71.
- Max J. Friedländer, Meisterwerke der niederländischen Malerei des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts auf der Ausstellung zu Brügge 1902, Munich, 1903, p. 6, pl. 13.
- Max J. Friedländer, “Ein Madonnenbild Gerard Davids im Kaiser Friedrich-Museum,” Jahrbuch der königlich preussischen Kunstsammlungen 27 (1906), pp. 144–45, no. 2.
- E. Durand-Gréville, “Notes sur les primitifs néerlandais de la National Gallery,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 3rd ser., 39 (1908), pp. 60–62.
- M[anuel] Gómez-Moreno, “Un Trésor de peintures inédites de XVe siècle à Grenade,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 3rd ser., 40 (1908), pp. 303–04.
- H. Fierens- Gevaert, La Peinture en Belgique: Les Primitifs flamands, vol. 1, Brussels, 1908, p. 50.
- “Collection de M. J. Mathys,” La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (1912), p. 8.
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