The Offering (c. 1915): Art, History and Details

The Offering (c. 1915) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Charles W. Hawthorne (American, 1872–1930).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Charles W. Hawthorne painted The Offering in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he had established the summertime Cape Cod School of Art. In this composition, two boys present gifts of a toy boat and a basket of fish to a modern Madonna and Child. Many of the artist's works focused on Provincetown's large community of Portuguese immigrants who worked primarily in the fishing and whaling industries.

Object facts

• Title: The Offering
• Date: c. 1915
• Creator attribution: Charles W. Hawthorne (American, 1872–1930)
• Culture: America
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Unframed: 153 x 122.5 cm (60 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.)
• Collection: American - Painting
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1931.244

A detail from the museum

This painting was awarded first prize and a gold medal at a prestigious New York exhibition in 1915.

Collection credit

Gift of the Council of the National Academy of Design from the Henry W. Ranger Fund

View the collection record

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