id:			99816
accession number:	1919.38
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.38
updated:		2021-03-27 12:13:03.353000

Columnar Figure of an Apostle, c. 1180. France, Champagne, Châlons-sur-Marne, 12th century. Limestone; overall: 97.8 x 24.1 cm (38 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund 1919.38

title:				Columnar Figure of an Apostle
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creation date:			c. 1180
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1185
current location:		106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture
creditline:			General Income Fund
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culture:	France, Champagne, Châlons-sur-Marne, 12th century
technique:	limestone
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Romanesque
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 97.8 x 24.1 cm (38 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Treasures of Medieval France
	opening date:   1966-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Medieval France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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This figure of an apostle, probably Saint John the Evangelist, attached to its supporting column, came originally from the cloister of the Church of Notre-Dame-en-Vaux at Châlons-sur-Marne. A cloister was a covered walkway usually around all four sides of a square area of grass (the "cloister garth"). The seclusion of the cloister was the exclusive domain of the monks or clergy and off-limits to others. Here, the monks were able to pray, study, meditate, and exercise in privacy and solitude. This figure illustrates the transition in style from Romanesque to Gothic taking place in ecclesiastical buildings across northern France during the late 1100s.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	W. M. M. "French Gothic Sculpture in the Museum." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 1 (1919): 6-2.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7; Mentioned: pp. 10-11
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136248

	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. 50
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n74

	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. 50
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n72

	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. 54
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n75

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