The Trinity

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1996.26

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CMA_.1996.26

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Paintings

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Paintings

Object Type

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Creator Name:

Balen, Hendrik van

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Balen, Hendrik van

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

European; Flemish

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European; Flemish

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

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artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Dates/Places:

1575 - 1632

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1575 - 1632

Creator Dates/Places

false

Gender:

M

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M

Gender

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Hendrik van Balen

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Hendrik van Balen

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

The Trinity

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The Trinity

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

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Creation Date:

c. 1620

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c. 1620

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

1615

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1615

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1625

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1625

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

oil on wood

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oil on wood

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

Unframed: 114.6cm x 73.9cm

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Unframed: 114.6cm x 73.9cm

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1996.26

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1996.26

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Credit Line

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Inscriptions:

signed lower left: H.V. Balen

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signed lower left: H.V. Balen

Inscriptions

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Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1979 (no. 37), reproduced. Alex Wengraf, London (1984). Private collection until 1993. Konrad O. Bernheimer, Munich (1996).

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Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1979 (no. 37), reproduced. Alex Wengraf, London (1984). Private collection until 1993. Konrad O. Bernheimer, Munich (1996).

Provenance

false

Context:

This altarpiece, painted with luminous pastel colors, was made in Antwerp, the center of religious learning in Catholic Flanders. The reform movement within the Catholic church, known as the Counter Reformation, encouraged the production of didactic religious images, with the result that Antwerp painters such as Rubens, van Dyck, as well as Hendrik Van Balen were granted large numbers of commissions.Depictions of the Trinity showing God the Father holding the dead Christ with the dove of the Holy Spirit hovering above had been very popular through-out Europe between 1300 and 1500, but became rare in the 1600s. In this work, the artist conformed to the Counter Reformation demand that God the Father wear the purple tiara of the Pope. The angels, with their multi-colored wings of various designs, hold the instruments of Christ's Passion. On the clasp of God the Father's elaborate cape is a small figure of Saint Barbara, which may be a clue to the original location of the work, perhaps a chapel dedicated to the saint.

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This altarpiece, painted with luminous pastel colors, was made in Antwerp, the center of religious learning in Catholic Flanders. The reform movement within the Catholic church, known as the Counter Reformation, encouraged the production of didactic religious images, with the result that Antwerp painters such as Rubens, van Dyck, as well as Hendrik Van Balen were granted large numbers of commissions.Depictions of the Trinity showing God the Father holding the dead Christ with the dove of the Holy Spirit hovering above had been very popular through-out Europe between 1300 and 1500, but became rare in the 1600s. In this work, the artist conformed to the Counter Reformation demand that God the Father wear the purple tiara of the Pope. The angels, with their multi-colored wings of various designs, hold the instruments of Christ's Passion. On the clasp of God the Father's elaborate cape is a small figure of Saint Barbara, which may be a clue to the original location of the work, perhaps a chapel dedicated to the saint.

Context

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