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"tombstone": "Mourning Saint John and Mourning Virgin (pair), c. 1250\u20131275. Spain, Kingdom of Castile and Leon, 13th century. Polychromed oak; overall: 154.9 x 36.9 x 20.4 cm (61 x 14 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, 1930.621",
"current_location": "106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture",
"title": "Mourning Saint John and Mourning Virgin (pair)",
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{
"id": 302145,
"title": "Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture",
"description": "Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).",
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"title": "Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages",
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"description": "These figures of the Virgin and Saint John once formed part of a Crucifixion group that would have originally included a figure of Christ on the cross shown at center. Fortunately the original polychromy of the two figures has been preserved, affording the viewer a rare opportunity to appreciate a rich medieval decorative color pattern suggestive of some early textiles. Though they date to the 13th century, the two figures reflect a late 12th-century style.",
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"citation": "Whitehill, Walter Muir. 0AD. \u201c[Rezension Von:] Cook, Walter William Spencer ; Gudiol, Jose\u0301: Pintura Y Imagineria Roma\u0301nicas. - Madrid : Editorial Plus-Ultra, 1950.\u201d",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n35"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n75"
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"citation": "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. 51",
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"citation": "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. 57",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n77"
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"citation": "Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.",
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"updated_at": "2026-06-17 11:19:43.531000"
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