Still Life with a Dead Swan
- Date
- c. 1651
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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Framed: 72 5/8 x 73 3/4 x 4 15/16 in. (184.5 x 187.3 x 12.5 cm)
Canvas: 60 x 60 1/2 in. (152.4 x 153.7 cm)
- Department
- European Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Harman Booth
- Accession No.
- 26.22
- Provenance
- Cuerdon Hall, Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire, Collection R. A. Tatton;
London, auction Tatton (Christie's, consigned by Agnews on behalf of the owner) 16 June, 1925, lot 61 (as Jan Weenix), bought by Agnews for 370 guineas;
London & New York, Thomas Agnew & Sons (dealer-1925-1926) from whom purchased by Ralph Harman Booth, by whom presented to the DIA in 1926.
- Keywords
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canvas, oil, still life
Published References
H. J., "A Still Life Painting by Jan Weenix", ¦DIA Bulletin,¦ vol. 7, no. 6, 1926, p. 67 repr., (as Jan Weenix).
Valentiner, W. R., "Travel Notes", ¦DIA Bulletin,¦ vol. 10, no. 1, 1928, pp. 6-12, esp. pp. 11-12, repr. (as Jan Baptist Weenix).
Heil, W., ¦Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts,¦ Detroit, 1930, cat. 246, repr.
Richardson, E. P (ed.), Detroit, DIA, ¦Catalogue of Paintings,¦, 1944, p.143, no. 246.
Stechow, W., "Jan Baptist Weenix," ¦Art Quarterly,¦ vol. 11, no. 3, 1948, pp. 181-199, esp. pp. 188, 191, fig 9.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art-Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art-Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, "Dutch Painting, The Golden Age", Oct. 28, 1954/March 25, 1955, cat. 89, repr.
Stechow, W., "Optics and opulence: a brilliant view of Dutch Painting", ¦Art News,¦, vol. 53, no. 7, Nov., 1954, pp. 18-25; 74-75, repr.
Ginnings, R. J., "The Art of Jan Baptist Weenix and Jan Weenix", (diss.) University of Delaware, 1970, p. 113 ff.
Sullivan, S. A., "Jan Baptist Weenix. Still Life with a Dead Swan", ¦DIA Bulletin,¦ vol. 57, no. 2, 1979, pp. 64-71, fig. 1.
Sullivan, S. A.,¦The Dutch Gamepiece,¦ Montclair, N. J., 1984, p. 87, note 47.
San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery- London, National Gallery, "Masters of Light Dutch Painters in Utrecht during the Golden Age", 1997/1998, pp. 367-369, repr. (cited under cat. 78).
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum-Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, "Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550-1720", 1999-2000, pp. 198-200, cat. 41, repr. (exh. org. by W. Kloek and A. Chong).
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, ¦Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts¦, London, 2004, pp. 260-261 (entry by S. Donahue Kuretsky)
