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accession number: 1929.920
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Coronation of the Virgin, c. 1410. Master of the Fröndenberg Altarpiece (German). Tempera and gold on wood; framed: 77 x 59.5 x 8 cm (30 5/16 x 23 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 64.8 x 47.5 cm (25 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1929.920
title: Coronation of the Virgin
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creation date: c. 1410
creation date earliest: 1405
creation date latest: 1415
current location: 111 German and Austrian Gothic
creditline: Gift of the Friends of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture: Germany, 15th century
technique: tempera and gold on wood
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Medieval Art
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Master of the Fröndenberg Altarpiece (German) - artist
The artist is named for the former high altar of the Cistercian convent at Fröndenberg on the Ruhr, of which a panel in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art formed a part. He was active in Westphalia in the early 1400s.
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measurements: Framed: 77 x 59.5 x 8 cm (30 5/16 x 23 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 64.8 x 47.5 cm (25 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00
The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).
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: Gothic Art 1360-1440
opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00
Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Austellung westfälischer Alterthümer und Kunsterzeutnisse, Collegium Ludgerianum, Münster Germany (June 1879).
* Art of the Middle Ages, 1000-1400, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA (February 17 to March 24, 1940).
* Conrad von Soest und Sein Kreis, Museum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, Germany (July-September, 1950).
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PROVENANCE
Cistercian Convent, Fröndenberg, Germany
date: c. 1410
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Haindorf Collection, Münster, Germany
date: 1853
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Loeb, Haus Caldenhof near Hamm, Germany
date: 1879
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(Sale: Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, Germany, June 8, 1929, no. 2)
date: June 8, 1929
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(A. S. Drey, Munich, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: -1929
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1929-
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fun fact:
This is only one panel from what would have been a large altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin.
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This panel once formed the left wing of an altarpiece originally located in a Cistercian convent in the German town of Fröndenberg. The Coronation of the Virgin was a common subject; though it is not based on a biblical text it often appeared in medieval books of hours as a focus of contemplation. It represents the culminating event in the life of Mary. Here, Christ and the Virgin are housed in an architectural setting; the Virgin kneels before Christ as he crowns her in the company of a group of angels. The color palette is particularly rich: pink, deep red, blue, and a delicate green as well as large areas of gold leaf. The well-developed, proportional figures, modeled drapery, and detailed architectural throne suggest an artist with a high level of experience and sophistication.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lübke, Wilhelm. Die mittelalterliche Kunst in Westfalen [Textbd.]. [Textbd.]. 1853.
page number: 344
url:
Katalog zur Austellung westfälischer Alterthümer u. Kunssterzeugnisse vom Vereine für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde Westfalens im Juni 1879 zu Munster. Münster: Dr. der Theissing'sthen Buchhandlung, 1879.
page number: cat. no. 1446
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Nordhoff, J.B. "Die Soester Malerei unter Meister Conrad," Bonner Jahrbucher LXVII (1879).
page number: 126
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Vogeler, and Albert Ludorff. Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler von Westfalen. 16, 16. Münster in Westfalen: Schöningh, 1905.
page number: 148
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Burger, Fritz, and H. Beth Schitz. Die deutsche Malerei der Renaissance. Leipzig: [s.n.], 1917.
page number: 400
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Hoelker, Carl. Meister Conrad von Soest und seine Bedeutung für die norddeutsche Malerei in der ersten Halfte des 15. Jahrhunderts. 1921.
page number: p. 44
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Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus. Altdeutsche und altniederländische Tafelgemälde. 1929.
page number: no. 2
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W. M. M. “‘Coronation of the Virgin,’ by Conrad Von Soest: Fourth Gift of the Friends of the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 2 (1930).
page number: pp. 19-22
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137273
Nissen, Robert, "Der Meister des Frondenberger Altares," Westfalen XVI (1931).
page number: pp. 62-5
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Stange, Alfred. Deutsche Malerei der Gotik. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1934.
page number: 1938: pp. 35-37, fig. 36
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Tietze, Hans. Meisterwerke europäischer Malerei in Amerika, mit über 300 Kupfertiefdrucktafeln. Wien: Phaidon-Verlag, 1935.
page number: pl. 195
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936.
page number: cat. no. 210, pl. XLI
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Kuhn, Charles Louis, and Arthur Burkhard. A Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1936.
page number: no. 62
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Tietze, Hans. Masterpieces of European Painting in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939.
page number: p. 195
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Arts of the Middle Ages, 1000-1400: A Loan Exhibition : February 17 to March 24, 1940, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. [Boston]: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], 1940.
page number: cat. no. 77
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Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.
page number: Reproduced: p. [2]
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n10
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Stadt Dortmund. Conrad von Soest und sein Kreis: Ausstellung. Dortmund: The Museum, 1950.
page number: ca. no. 79
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Rensing, Theodor. "Ratsel um Konrad von Soest," Westfalen XXVIII (1950).
page number: 164
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Francis, Henry S. "Early German Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art," American German Review XXI/2 (1954-1955).
page number: p. 8
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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. 456
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n84
Muhlberg, Fried. Bau- und Kunstdenkmalervon Westfalen, 47 Bd. Kreis Unna. (1959).
page number: 138
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“Gothic Art 1360-1440.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963).
page number: cat. no. 51
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960
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. 66
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n90
Troescher, George. Burgundische Malerei. Berlin: Mann, 1966.
page number: I, 64; II, pl. 59, fig. 176
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Stange, Alfred. Kritisches Verzeichnis der deutschen Tafelbilder vor Dürer. (München): Bruckmann, 1967.
page number: 143, no. 461
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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. 66
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n90
Wixom, William D. “An Enthroned Madonna with the Writing Christ Child.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 9 (1970)
page number: 297, fig. 23
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152349
Cleveland Museum of Art. European Paintings Before 1500. Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: pp. 27-29, cat no. 10
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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. 74
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n94
Meister des Fröndenberger Altares, Jürgen Reissner, and Gerhard Lemke. Der Marienaltar in der Stiftskirche zu Fröndenberg. Fröndenberg: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Fröndenberg und Bausenhagen, 2002.
page number: Fig. 11, p. 52
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Köllermann, Antje-Fee, and Christine Unsinn. Die Goldene Tafel aus Lüneburg: Akten des wissenschaftlichen Kolloqiums - Ergebnisband des Forschungsprojektes. Petersberg : Michael Imhof Verlag, 2021.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 149, fig. 35
url:
Reissner, Jürgen, and Conrad. Der Fröndenberger Flügelaltar: das Frühwerk des Conrad von Soest : eine Einordnung in sein Werk. Fröndenberg: Stadt Fröndenberg/Ruhr, 2004.
page number: p. 41
url:
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