id:			122589
accession number:	1942.846
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.846
updated:		2025-08-07 20:46:06.316000

The Christ Child Holding a Pomegranate, c. 1510. South Germany, 16th century. Painted wood; overall: 22.3 x 8.3 x 7.7 cm (8 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Emma G. Brassington, in memory of Mary B. S. Pollock, 1942.846

title:				The Christ Child Holding a Pomegranate
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creation date:			c. 1510
creation date earliest:		1505
creation date latest:		1515
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creditline:			Gift of Emma G. Brassington, in memory of Mary B. S. Pollock
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culture:	South Germany, 16th century
technique:	painted wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 22.3 x 8.3 x 7.7 cm (8 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: A Christmas Story - A Picture Sequence
	opening date:   1943-12-01T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: A Christmas Story - A Picture Sequence</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1-31, 1943).

	title:		When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
	opening date:   1981-12-01T05:00:00
	<i>When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	formerly in Gumprecht Collection
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	Collection of Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Castle Sigmaringen (Württemberg, Germany)
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	Emma G. Brassington, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Verdier, Philippe. “Il Putto Ignoto: A Marble Statuette of Christ in Quest of a Father.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 7 (September 1983): 303–311.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 309-310, fig. 11
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159825

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