id:			104150
accession number:	1922.307.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1922.307.b
updated:		2025-02-08 23:16:09.074000

Plaque from a Portable Altar Showing Christ and the Apostles, 1050–1100. Germany, Lower Rhine Valley, Romanesque period, 11th century. Walrus ivory; overall: 5.1 x 10.8 cm (2 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1922.307.b

title:				Plaque from a Portable Altar Showing 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 10.8 cm (2 x 4 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, June 7 - Spetmeber 8, 1991:  "Object Lessons:  Cleveland Creates an Art Museum."', 'opening_date': '1991-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Company, Inc., New York.]
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n15

	Milliken, William. "Plaques from a Portable Altar." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>21, no. m1 (January 1934): 3-6.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 3-6
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137591

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. 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<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 16-17
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