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accession number: 1947.507
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Twelve Medallions Mounted as a Necklace, c. 1400. France, Paris. Enameled gold, precious stones, and pearls; some later additions with modern chain; diameter: 4.5 x 1.6 cm (1 3/4 x 5/8 in.); part 1: 70.9 cm (27 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.507
title: Twelve Medallions Mounted as a Necklace
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creation date: c. 1400
creation date earliest: 1395
creation date latest: 1405
current location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: France, Paris
technique: enameled gold, precious stones, and pearls; some later additions with modern chain
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Jewelry
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CREATORS
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measurements: Diameter: 4.5 x 1.6 cm (1 3/4 x 5/8 in.); Part 1: 70.9 cm (27 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch
opening date: 1960-06-26T04:00:00
Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch. Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Bruges, Belgium (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 26-September 11, 1960); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (co-organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1960).
title: Masterpieces of Art
opening date: 1962-04-21T05:00:00
Masterpieces of Art. Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, WA (organizer) (April 21-September 4, 1962).
title: The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400
opening date: 1962-10-23T04:00:00
The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 23-December 2, 1962).
title: Gothic Art 1360-1440
opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00
Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
title: Treasures of Medieval France
opening date: 1966-11-16T05:00:00
Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).
title: The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages
opening date: 1975-03-28T04:00:00
The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 28-June 16, 1975).
title: Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs
opening date: 1982-11-02T05:00:00
Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
title: Paris 1400. les arts sous Charles VI
opening date: 2004-03-22T00:00:00
Paris 1400. les arts sous Charles VI. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (March 22-July 19, 2004).
title: Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419)
opening date: 2004-05-27T00:00:00
Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
title: The Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry
opening date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00
The Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 1-June 13, 2010).
title: Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain
opening date: 2016-10-09T00:00:00
Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 9, 2016-February 26, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'French Gothic Art, The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI: The Detroit Institute of Art, (November 16 - December 6, 1928).', 'opening_date': '1928-11-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Gold, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 30, 1947-January 11, 1948).', 'opening_date': '1947-10-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Le Siècle des Pritifs Flamands (Flanders in the Fifteenth Century: Art and Civilization), Museé Communal des Beaux-Arts, Bruges (26 June-11 September 1960); The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit MI (October-December 1960).', 'opening_date': '1960-06-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Masterpieces of Art, Seattle World's Fair Century 21 Exposition, Seattle Washington (April 21-September 4, 1962).", 'opening_date': '1962-04-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The International Style, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (October 23 - December 2, 1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-10-23T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York (Nov. 16, 1974-Jan. 12, 1975).', 'opening_date': '1974-11-16T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(G. J. Demotte, New York, NY, sold to Joseph Brummer)
date: ?-1936
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(Joseph Brummer, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1936-1947
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1947-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Detroit Institute of Arts. The Seventh Loan Exhibition; French Gothic Art of the 13th to 15th Century. Nov. 16 to Dec. 5, 1928. [Detroit]: Institute of Arts, 1928.
page number: no. 75
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La Perle (September 10, 1928).
page number:
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Art News (December 1, 1928).
page number: p. 18
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The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page number: P13127
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/40533/rec/1
Milliken, William M. "Exhibition of Gold." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34, no. 9 (1947).
page number: p. 228
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141408
Milliken, William M. "The Art of the Goldsmith." The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 6, no. 4 (1948).
page number: p. 321, fig. 6
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/426958
Steingräber, Erich and Theodor Müller. "Die Französische Goldemailplastik um 1400" Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenen Kunst V (1954).
page number: p. 76, no. 26, fig. 66
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. 177
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n43
Milliken, William M. "Early Byzantine Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (1958)
page number: p. 57
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142265
Detroit Institute of Arts, and Stedelijk Museum van Schoone Kunsten (Bruges). Le siecle des primitifs flamands: exposition organisee par L'Administration communale de Bruges et The Detroit Institute of arts, Detroit, Michigan, USA, au Musee communal des beaux-arts (Musee Groeninge) 26 Juin-11 septembre 1960. Bruges: Presses Saint-Augustin, 1960.
page number: no. 113
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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.
page number: no. 9
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Century 21 Exposition, and William Mathewson Milliken. Masterpieces of Art: Fine Arts Pavilion, April 21 to September 4, 1962 : Catalogue : Seattle World's Fair, April 21 to October 21, 1962. [Seattle, Wash.]: Century 21 Expositions, 1962.
page number: pp. 32-3, no. 9
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Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962, / B. [Baltimore, Md.]: Walters Art Gallery, 1962.
page number: no. 127
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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. 62
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Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page number: pp. 252-3, 376, cat. no. VI-19
url: https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n279
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. 62
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n86
Angéla Héjj-Détári, "Rekonstruktion der gotischen Prunkette einer ungarischen königen" Actes du XXII° Congès international d'Histoire de l'Art, vol. II (Budapest, 1969).
page number: p. 644, fig. 6
url:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). The Secular Spirit: Life and Art at the End of the Middle Ages. New York: Dutton, 1975.
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url:
De Winter, Patrick M. The Patronage of Philippe Le Hardi, Duke of Burgundy, 1364-1404. 1976.
page number: p. 978, no. 101
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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. 70
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Prevenier, Walter, Willem Pieter Blockmans, An Blockmans-Delva, and Richard Vaughan. The Burgundian Netherlands. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator, 1985.
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url:
Giusti, Paola, "Smaltri per le Corti," Casa Vogue Antiques, no. 3 (March 1989).
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url:
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url:
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Stuard, Susan Mosher. Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion in Fourteenth-Century Italy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
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url:
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