id:			128823
accession number:	1951.444
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.444
updated:		2025-02-21 12:04:18.678000

Mortar, c. 1550–1560. Workshop of Wenzel Jamnitzer I (German, 1508/09–1585), with plaquettes cast after models by Peter Flötner (German, 1485–1546). Bronze; overall: 12.4 x 14.6 cm (4 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951.444

title:				Mortar
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creation date:			c. 1550–1560
creation date earliest:		1545
creation date latest:		1565
current location:		114 Late Northern Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Wenzel Jamnitzer I (German, 1508/09–1585)  - artist

* Peter Flötner (German, 1485–1546)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 12.4 x 14.6 cm (4 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Herbert N. Bier (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen. "Goldsmith's Scales in Gilt-Bronze." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>41, no. 2 (February 1954): 26-28.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 27
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141937

	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. 251
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n53

	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. 113
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n137

	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. 113
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n137

	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. 131
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n151

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.444/1951.444_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.444/1951.444_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.444/1951.444_full.tif