id: 127735
accession number: 1950.394
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Fragment with confronted sphinxes in roundels from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo, 1200–43. Spain, Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant; overall: 54.6 x 65.4 cm (21 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); mount: 66.7 x 76.8 cm (26 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); framed: 69.2 x 79.4 cm (27 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.394
title: Fragment with confronted sphinxes in roundels from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo
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creation date: 1200–43
creation date earliest: 1200
creation date latest: 1243
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Spain, Almeria
technique: Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 54.6 x 65.4 cm (21 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); Mount: 66.7 x 76.8 cm (26 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.); Framed: 69.2 x 79.4 cm (27 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2019-10-29T04:00:00
Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Spanish Medieval Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters, New York (December 15, 1954-January 30, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1954-12-15T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
from tomb of St. Bernard Calvo, (Bishop of Vich, 1233-1243), who died in 1243; this fragment from one of vestments found in tomb at the Cathedral of Vich when it was opened at the end of the 19th century
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(Paul O. Berliz, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1950
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1950-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Another Silk from the Tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 38, no. 4 (1951): 74-79.
page number: p. 74-5
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141705.
New York University. Spanish Medieval Art. Loan Exhibition in Honor of Dr. Walter W.S. Cook. 1954.
page number: p. 22 no. 67
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Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Dated Hispano-Islamic Silk." Ars Orientalis 2 (1957): 373-82.
page number: p. 373, pl. 8, fig. B
url: www.jstor.org/stable/4629043.
May, Florence Lewis. Silk Textiles of Spain, Eighth to Fifteenth Century. New York: Printed by order of the trustees, the Hispanic Society of America, 1957.
page number: pp. 44, 48; fig. 30
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Baer, Eva. Sphinxes and Harpies in Medieval Islamic Art; An Iconographical Study. Jerusalem: Israel Oriental Society, 1965.
page number: p. 6, footnote 16
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 176, fig. 5.7; Mentioned: P. 177
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