Virgin and Sleeping Child

Item

Creator
Studio of Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674)
Title
Virgin and Sleeping Child
Description
Oil on canvas
25 ¼ x 21 ½ in. (c. 64 cm. x 54 cm.)
Provenance
Private Collector, Paris. [Sontag and Rudolf Heinemann, sold July 1957 to]; [Newhouse Galleries, New York, Frederick Mont (Mondschein) (1894-1994), New York, Sontag and Rudolf Heinemann, sold December 1959 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]

[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.
Exhibitions
1957 – Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, The Mother and Child Theme in Art, November-December 1957, loaned by Newhouse Galleries, New York.

1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 33, illus.

1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, pp. 52, 53, illus.

1968 – Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Civic and Cultural Center, Selections from the Herrington Collection, Inaugural Exhibition of the Arts Museum, 3-19 May 1968, no. 33, illus.
References
“Exhibition Calendar: October and November.” North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin Vol. 1, no. 3 (Fall 1957): back cover.
Status
Under research
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