id: 122572 accession number: 1942.826 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.826 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:53.612000 Altar Frontal: Scenes from the Childhood of Christ, c. 1500. France and South Netherlands, 16th century. Wool, silk, gold thread; tapestry weave; overall: 107.3 x 240 cm (42 1/4 x 94 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.826 title: Altar Frontal: Scenes from the Childhood of Christ title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1500 creation date earliest: 1495 creation date latest: 1505 current location: creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: France and South Netherlands, 16th century technique: Wool, silk, gold thread; tapestry weave department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Tapestry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 107.3 x 240 cm (42 1/4 x 94 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00 Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943). title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00 35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951). title: When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story opening date: 1981-12-01T05:00:00 When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982). title: Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church opening date: 2003-09-07T00:00:00 Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004). title: Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2014-12-08T05:00:00 Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 2014-December 7, 2015). title: Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115 opening date: 2020-12-19T05:00:00 Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2020-April 11, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': '2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-02-27T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Charles T. Barney [1851–1907], New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1942 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1942– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Reproduced: p. [53], Plate XXV, cat. no. 117; Mention: p. 59, cat. no. 117 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n63 Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. page number: p. 37 url: 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. 184 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n44 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. 72 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n96 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. 72 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n96 Asselberghs, Jeen Paul. Les tapisseries flamandes aux États-Unis d'Amérique. Bruxelles: Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, 1974. page number: p. 21 url: 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. 81 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n101 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.826/1942.826_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.826/1942.826_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.826/1942.826_full.tif