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"tombstone": "The Crucifixion with a Carthusian Monk, 1460. Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, c. 1399\u20131464). Oil and gold on wood; image: 37.1 x 27.3 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.); framed: 57.5 x 48 x 7 cm (22 5/8 x 18 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 38.4 x 29.2 cm (15 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds, 1931.449",
"current_location": "112 Northern Renaissance",
"title": "The Crucifixion with a Carthusian Monk",
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"title": "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition",
"description": "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).",
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"title": "The Silver Jubilee Exhibition",
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"title": "Exhibition of the Month: Masterpieces in Miniature",
"description": "Exhibition of the Month: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 3-August 29, 1949).",
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"title": "Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419)",
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"opening_date": "2004-05-27T00:00:00"
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"description": "Art Through the Ages, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (Oct. 30, 1931-Nov. 29, 1931).",
"opening_date": "1931-10-30T00:00:00"
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{
"description": "Private Collection, Lower Rhine, Germany",
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{
"description": "(Paul Drey, Munich, Germany)",
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"description": "(A. S. Drey, New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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"date": "?-1931",
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"did_you_know": "Carthusian monks can easily be identified by the white scapular or large rectangular piece of fabric, which is joined by bands at the side and has a hood attached to it.",
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"description": "This painting shows a Carthusian monk kneeling in devotion and prayer before the Crucifixion. It is likely that this panel was intended for the cell of a monk in an unknown monastery. The Carthusians were particularly devoted to the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and devotional images were provided for each monk\u2019s cell. The Carthusian order was founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 with the purpose of providing the strictest separation from the world. The first Carthusians were dedicated to contemplation through silence, prayer, poverty, penance, and almost continuous occupancy of a solitary cell. The solitary life could only be maintained through the establishment of separate cell houses. Each community of monks was limited to the apostolic number of 12, though exceptions were sometimes made. They were recognized by their white, full-length, cowled habit called the scapular, shown here. The artist has not been identified.",
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"citation": "Destre\u0301e, Jules. Roger de La Pasture van der Weyden. Paris: G. van Oest, 1930.",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry S. \"A Flemish Panel of the Crucifixion.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 19, no. 1 (1932)",
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"citation": "\"The Crucifixion,\" American Magazine of Art vol. XXIV (Feb. 1932).",
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"citation": "\"American Art Notes: A Flemish \"Crucifixion\" for Cleveland,\" Connoisseur, Vol. 89, no. 367 (March 1932).",
"page_number": "pp. 215-16",
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"citation": "\"Recent Museum Acquisitions.\" Parnassus Vol. IV, no. 1 (Jan. 1932).",
"page_number": "p. 34",
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"citation": "Paintings in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 24",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1945/page/n32"
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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/n80"
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"citation": "Detroit Institute of Arts. Flanders in the Fifteenth Century: Art and Civilization. Catalogue of the Exhibition Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch. 1960.",
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"url": null
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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/n92"
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n92"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.",
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"url": ""
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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. 76",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n96"
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"citation": "Jolly, Penny Howell. \u201cRogier van Der Weyden\u2019s Escorial and Philadelphia Crucifixions and Their Relation to Fra Angelico at San Marco.\u201d Oud-Holland 95, no. 3 (January 3, 1981).",
"page_number": "p. 125, no 34",
"url": null
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"citation": "Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Belgium). The Flemish Primitives: Catalogue of Early Netherlandish Painting in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Brussels: Brepols, 1996.",
"page_number": "p. 148, fig. 100",
"url": null
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthe\u0301le\u0301my. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Muse\u0301e Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005. [Dijon]: Muse\u0301e des beaux-arts, 2004.",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N., and Stephen N. Fliegel. A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.",
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"citation": "Weyden, Rogier van der, Lorne Campbell, and Jose\u0301 Juan Pe\u0301rez Preciado. Rogier van der Weyden y Espan\u0303a: actas del congreso internacional = proceedings of the international symposium, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, mayo de 2015. 2016.",
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"citation": "Martens, Didier and Alexandre Dimov. \u201cJacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, le Stabat Mater en moyen n\u00e9erlandais et le type figur\u00e9 de la Crucifixion au Chartreux.\u201d Annales d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Arch\u00e9ologie 47,(2025): 69-106.",
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