The Sinfonia (Family Portrait)

1671

Michiel van Musscher Dutch, 1645-1705

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Dutch Golden Age, Level 3, South Wing

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About the Artwork

Title The Sinfonia (Family Portrait)

Artwork Date 1671

Artist Michiel van Musscher

Life Dates 1645-1705

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Dutch

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Unframed: 55 1/4 × 52 inches (140.3 × 132.1 cm) Framed: 62 × 58 7/8 × 2 1/2 inches (157.5 × 149.5 × 6.4 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of David B. Moreing

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 64.263

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Signed Signed and dated, lower left on pillar: M v Musscher Pinxit A:º1671

Provenance

1895-May 25, 1907, (Galerie Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, France) lot 137, [sold for 5650 francs];
1915, (Blakeslee Galleries, New York, New York, USA);
April 21, 1915, sold by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA) auction Blakeslee Galleries, lot 81;
purchased by Joseph Breck on behalf of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) [for $375];
until 1956, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) inv. 15.21;
1956-1957, purchased by (Victor Spark, New York, New York, USA);
Mr. David B. Moreing (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA);
1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Illustrated Catalogue of the Second 100 Paintings by Old Masters. Sales cat., Charles Sedelmeyer Gallery. Paris, 1895, p. 28, no. 24 (ill.).

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Bulletin 4, no. 8 (1915): pp. 77-79 (ill.).

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Handbook. Minneapolis, 1917, p. 62 (ill.).

Minneapolis Institute of Art Handbook. Minneapolis,1926, p. 35 (ill.).

Bandes, Susan J. Pursuits and Pleasures: Baroque Paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., Dennos Museum Center, Kalamazoo Art Museum, Kresge Art Museum, Muskegon Museum of Art. Battle Creek, 2003, pp. 9, 28, 29 (ill.).

Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2004, pp. 140-141.

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