id:			109126
accession number:	1927.29
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.29
updated:		2022-10-28 21:11:12.693000

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
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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
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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
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measurements: Overall: 13.1 x 26.9 x 16.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Francis Cook, Windsor
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	(R. Stora, Paris, France)
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	(R. Durlacher Brothers, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1927-
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. (1927). "Two Medieval Objects from the Rhineland in the J. H. Wade Collection". <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art,</em> <em>14</em>(4).
	page number: 	pp. 56-63
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137019

	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. 15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n19

	Piña, Leslie A. <em>Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D</em>. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010.
	page number: 	p. 25
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	García de Castro Valdés, César, and Gerardo Boto Varela. El Arca Santa de Oviedo: contexto de producción, iconografía y significado. 2020, 298.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 298.
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