id:			122334
accession number:	1942.632
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.632
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:52.641000

Portrait of a Monk, early 1500s. Circle of Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60–1523). Oil on wood; framed: 54.5 x 48.5 x 5.5 cm (21 7/16 x 19 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 36 x 30.4 cm (14 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.632

title:				Portrait of a Monk
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creation date:			early 1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1523
current location:		112 Northern Renaissance
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	Flanders, Bruges
technique:	oil on wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Medieval Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60–1523)  - artist
Born in Oudewater (near Gouda), David probably trained in Haarlem. Admitted (as a foreigner) to the painters' guild in 1484, he was active there until his death in 1523. He was also inscribed in the painters' guild in Antwerp, 1515.
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measurements: Framed: 54.5 x 48.5 x 5.5 cm (21 7/16 x 19 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 36 x 30.4 cm (14 3/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

	title:		Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1962-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>Art and Humanism in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907; John L. Severance, Cleveland. John L. Severance Collection, 1936.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Vol. 2, p. [12], Pl. II, cat. no. 12; Mention: Vol. 2, p. 22, cat. no. 12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n26

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 439
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n80

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 69
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n93

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 69
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n93

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 83
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n103

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 46; Mentioned: p. 47
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	Johnston, William M.<em> Encyclopedia of Monasticism</em>. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 1042
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