id: 104148
accession number: 1922.307
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updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:00.350000
Plaque from a Portable Altar: Christ and the Apostles, 1050–1100. Germany, Lower Rhine Valley, Romanesque period, 11th century. Walrus ivory; overall: 5.1 x 16.5 cm (2 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1922.307
title: Plaque from a Portable Altar: Christ and the Apostles
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creation date: 1050–1100
creation date earliest: 1050
creation date latest: 1100
current location: 106C Medieval Treasury
creditline: Gift of J. H. Wade
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culture: Germany, Lower Rhine Valley, Romanesque period, 11th century
technique: walrus ivory
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Romanesque
type: Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 5.1 x 16.5 cm (2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
[Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Company, Inc., New York.]
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These intricately carved ivory panels once decorated the sides of a portable altar. Three of the plaques, those depicting Christ in Majesty and his apostles, were the first major acquisition of William M. Milliken, the museum's first curator of decorative arts and later director (1930–1958). As Milliken later recalled, the pieces "were immensely intriguing, monumental in scale, even if tiny in size, the Christ in the mandorla could have been enlarged and would have graced the tympanum of a great cathedral."
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 13
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n15
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
page number: Reproduced: p. 11
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n15
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 99
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n31
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 48
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n72
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 48
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n70
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 52
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n72
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 16-17
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