{"data": {"id": 140427, "accession_number": "1964.360", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Kneeling Prophet from the Reliquary Chasse of Saint-Germain-des-Pr\u00e9s, 1409. Jean de Clichy (French), Gauthier du Four (French), and Guillaume Boey (French). Gilt bronze; overall: 13.8 x 9.3 x 8.7 cm (5 7/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1964.360", "current_location": "109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture", "title": "Kneeling Prophet from the Reliquary Chasse of Saint-Germain-des-Pr\u00e9s", "creation_date": "1409", "creation_date_earliest": 1409, "creation_date_latest": 1409, "artists_tags": ["male"], "culture": ["France, Paris"], "technique": "gilt bronze", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Gothic", "type": "Sculpture", "measurements": "Overall: 13.8 x 9.3 x 8.7 cm (5 7/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.138, "height_inch": 5, "height_inch_fraction": 0.4375, "width": 0.093, "width_inch": 3, "width_inch_fraction": 0.6875, "depth": 0.087, "depth_inch": 3, "depth_inch_fraction": 0.4375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 300917, "title": "Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions", "description": "<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. 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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005).", "opening_date": "2004-05-27T00:00:00"}, {"id": 180667, "title": "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art", "description": "<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).", "opening_date": "2007-05-10T00:00:00"}, {"id": 207370, "title": "The Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry", "description": "<i>The Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 1-June 13, 2010).", "opening_date": "2010-03-01T00:00:00"}, {"id": 196195, "title": "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe", "description": "<i>Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011).", "opening_date": "2010-10-17T00:00:00"}, {"id": 296969, "title": "Johan Maelwael from Guelders", "description": "<i>Johan Maelwael from Guelders</i>. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (organizer) (October 6, 2017-January 7, 2018).", "opening_date": "2017-10-06T04:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "CMA, \"Golden Anniversary Acquisitions,\" September 1966,no. 31.", "opening_date": "1966-09-01T00:00:00"}, {"description": "CMA, \"Treasures from Medieval France\" 1967, no. 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Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): \"Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art\"", "opening_date": "2007-05-10T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Metropolitan Museum of Art (3/1/2010 - 6/13/2010):  \"The Art of Illumination: The Belle Heures of Jean de France, Duke de Berry\"", "opening_date": "2010-03-01T00:00:00"}, {"description": "CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011: \"Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe,\"  cat. no. 134.", "opening_date": "2011-02-13T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (10/6/2017 - 1/7/2018):  \"Johan Maelwael from Guelders\"", "opening_date": "2017-10-06T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This figure is one of only two known surviving fragments of the Reliquary Ch\u00e2sse of Saint-Germain. Fashioned from silver, gold, and precious stones, it was designed to hold the body of the saint. A contract from 1409 gives the names of the commissioned goldsmiths: Jean de Clichy, Gautier du Four, and Guillaume Boey.The reliquary was housed in the ancient Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pr\u00e9s in Paris and formed the monastery\u2019s great treasure until it was destroyed in the French revolution. The exquisite modeling of the prophet, originally a supporting foot of the reliquary, reveals the sophistication of Paris around 1400.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60781264"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1964.360-kneeling-prophet-fro"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 62", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n86"}, {"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, \u201cGolden Anniversary Acquisition,\u201d 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.", "page_number": null, "url": "https://archive.org/details/cmapr1428"}, {"citation": "Stechow, Wolfgang. \"Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions.\" <em>Artnews</em> 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.", "page_number": "Reproduced & mentioned: p. 34", "url": null}, {"citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cGolden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 7 (September 1966): 181\u2013284.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 200; Mentioned: p. 278, no. 31", "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110"}, {"citation": "Wixom, William D. \u201cThree Gothic Sculptures.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 9 (November 1966): 348\u2013255.", "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 350-352, Cover, figs. 8-10", "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152121"}, {"citation": "Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France.</em> [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.", "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 254-255; cat. no. VI-20", "url": "https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n281"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 62", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n86"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 71", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n91"}, {"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthe\u0301le\u0301my. <em>Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Muse\u0301e Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 200</em>5. 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