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The Offering
About the Artwork
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.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Charles W. Hawthorne (American, 1872–1930)
- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 153 x 122.5 cm (60 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the Council of the National Academy of Design from the Henry W. Ranger Fund
- Accession no.
- 1931.244
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009665
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