id: 109126 accession number: 1927.29 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.29 updated: 2019-11-18 09:44:00.368000 Portable Altar, c. 1200-1220. Germany, Cologne, Gothic Period, 13th century. Walrus ivory, gilded copper, porphyry, champlevé enamel, wood core; overall: 13.1 x 26.9 x 16.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1927.29 title: Portable Altar title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1200-1220 creation date earliest: 1195 creation date latest: 1225 current location: 106C Medieval Treasury creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, Cologne, Gothic Period, 13th century technique: walrus ivory, gilded copper, porphyry, champlevé enamel, wood core department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Ivory find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 13.1 x 26.9 x 16.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Sir Francis Cook, Windsor; (R. Stora, Paris); (R. Durlacher Brothers, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The principal decoration of this portable altar is carved of walrus ivory. On the long sides are traditional figures of standing apostles. On the short sides are the seated Virgin with the Magi, and Christ the Judge between the symbols of the Evangelists. The commercial ties between the Rhineland and the Norse peninsula made walrus ivory easily available to the city of Cologne, one of the most important artistic centers in medieval Germany. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page number: Reproduced: p. 15 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n19 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.29/1927.29_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.29/1927.29_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1927.29/1927.29_full.tif