The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Our Lady of Good Counsel
c. 1680
(Spanish, 1634–1693)
Framed: 50 x 40 cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.); Unframed: 37 x 26 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
This painting loosely and inventively depicts an actual chapel in the former Jesuit Imperial College in Madrid, which housed a Madonna and Child in gilded and painted wood, a focus of popular devotion. Pérez made temporary decorations for the Spanish court, none of which survive, but the fanciful architecture, curiously inverted obelisks, fruits and flowers, and pastel colors all stem from this side of his work. By representing a polychrome sculpture in two dimensions, Pérez further blurred boundaries between painting and sculpture. This intersection of the spiritual and the real worlds was important in Spanish art of the 1600s.- - ca. 1996 Private collection (South of France), sold to Galeries Terrades.1996-2012 Galeries Terrades (Paris, France), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Palencia Cerezo, J. Ma. Dibujos Barrocos Madrileños del Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba. [Córdoba] : Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte, 2022. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 92, fig. 21.1 and 21.2
- {{cite web|title=Our Lady of Good Counsel|url=false|author=Bartolomé Pérez|year=c. 1680|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.5