id: 110126
accession number: 1928.753
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Christ and Saint John the Evangelist, 1300–1320. Germany, Swabia, near Bodensee (Lake Constance). Polychromed and gilded oak; overall: 92.7 x 64.5 x 28.8 cm (36 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1928.753
title: Christ and Saint John the Evangelist
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creation date: 1300–1320
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1325
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Germany, Swabia, near Bodensee (Lake Constance)
technique: polychromed and gilded oak
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 92.7 x 64.5 x 28.8 cm (36 1/2 x 25 3/8 x 11 5/16 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: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'A.S. Drey Sr. showed in his gallery on Maximilianplatz (opposite The Regina Hotel) in Munich (Summer Before 1928).', 'opening_date': '1928-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Original Bildwerke in Holz, Stein, Elfenbein u.s.w der Sammlung Benoit Oppenheim, Berlin Museum, Germany, (1911).', 'opening_date': '1911-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Representative Art Through the Ages, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (11/8/1928 - 12/2/1928).', 'opening_date': '1928-11-08T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Chapel in Southwest Wurttemberg, Germany
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Castle of Schulzburg, Germany
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Hofrat Rohrer Collection, Munich, Germany
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Benoit Oppenheim Collection, Berlin, Germany
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(A.S. Drey, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: -1928
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1928-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Oppenheim, Benoit. Original Bildwerke in Holz, Stein, Elfenbein u.s.w. der sammlung Benoit Oppenheim: nachtrag. Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1911.
page number: no. 117
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W. M. M. "A German Wood Carving." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 2 (1929)
page number: pp. 23-35
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137180
Herausgegeben von Robert Schmidt, Pantheon XXXII (Munchen, 1944)
page number: pp. 24-29
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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. 140
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n38
Wentzel, Hans. Die Christus-Johannes-Gruppen des XIV. Jahrhunderts. Stuttgart: P. Reclam Jun, 1960.
page number: pp. 11-12, 16-17, 29-30; repr. cover, abb. 2,4
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Busch, Harald, and Bernd Lohse. Gotische Plastik in Europa. Frankfurt am Main: Umschau Verlag, 1962.
page number: p. 166
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Walzer, Albert. Schwäbische Plastik im Württembergischen Landesmuseum, Stuttgart. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1964.
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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. 52
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n76
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. 53
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n77
Mark, Alexandra. Astrology for the Aquarian Age. New York: Essandess Special Edition, 1970.
page number: p. 4
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Didier, Robert. Les sculptures médiévales allemandes dans les collections belges: [Bruxelles 6 octobre - 30 novembre 1977, Société Générale de Banque]. 1977.
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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. 60
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n80
Snyder, James. Medieval Art: Painting-Sculpture-Architecture, 4-14th Century. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1989.
page number: p. 437, fig. 557
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Gillerman, Dorothy. Gothic Sculpture in America. 2 2. Turnhout: Brepols, 2001.
page number: pp. 326-329, Cat. No. 240
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Lang, Justin. Herzens Anliegen: die Mystik mittelalterlicher Christus-Johannes-Gruppen. Ostfildern: Schwabenverlag, 1994.
page number: pp. 25, 30-31, 45, 48, fig. 1.
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Bergeron, David M. King James & Letters of Homoerotic Desire. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999.
page number: p. 105
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Jirousek, Carolyn S., "Christ and St. John the Evangelist as a Model of Medieval Mysticism" Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 6 (2001)
page number: pp. 6-27
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: no. 21, pp. 25-6, repr. color p. 26; listed p. 116
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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: p. 230, Cat. No. 84
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Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007.
page number: p. 250, repr. p. 251, no. 93
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Blick, Sarah, and Laura Deborah Gelfand. Push Me, Pull You. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
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Fliegel, Stephen N., A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.
page number: p. 34, fig. 25
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Muir, Carolyn Diskant. Saintly Brides and Bridegrooms: The Mystic Marriage in Northern Renaissance Art. London: Harvey Miller, 2012.
page number: p. 75, fig. 47
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 267
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Gertsman, Elina. Worlds Within: Opening the Medieval Shrine Madonna. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press2015.
page number: Reproduced: p. 171, fig. 131
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Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 38-41; Reproduced: p. 39
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Lyon, J. Vanessa. Figuring Faith and Female Power in the Art of Rubens. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 84-85, fig 2.2
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Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden-Württemberg. Kloster Heiligkreuztal: geistliche Frauen im Mittelalter. 2020.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned; pp. 167-168, fig 5.
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Becherer, Joseph Antenucci, and Henry Luttikhuizen. Christ Among Us: Sculptures of Jesus Across the History of Art. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2022.
page number: Mentioned: p. 43; reproduced: p. 42, 126, no.13
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