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accession number: 1951.450
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Triptych: The Life of the Virgin, c. 1325–1350. France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century. Ivory, traces of gilding; overall: 25.9 x 21.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.450
title: Triptych: The Life of the Virgin
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creation date: c. 1325–1350
creation date earliest: 1320
creation date latest: 1355
current location: 106C Medieval Treasury
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: France, Lorraine?, or Austria?, Gothic period, 14th century
technique: ivory, traces of gilding
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 25.9 x 21.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Collection of Count Scipio, Krakow (late 19th century) (Engraving no. 57, pl. III in sale catalogue or collection catalogue tbd)
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Boehm collection, Vienna.
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Prince of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
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Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc. New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
date: ?-1951
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1951-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
HEFNER-ALTENECK, Jacob Heinrich von. Trachten, Kunstwerke Und Geräthschaften Vom Frühen Mittelalter Bis Ende Des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. ... Zweite Vermehrte ... Auflage. 1879.
page number: III (1882), pl. 169
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Brunn [Brno] exhbition catalogue, 1884.
page number: pl. 71
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H. Semper, "Über eine besondere Gruppe elfenbeinerner Klappaltärchen des XIV Jahrhunderts", Zeitschrift für Christliche Kunst 11 (1898).
page number: pp. 117-118
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Koechlin, Raymond. Les ivoires gothiques français. Paris: A. Picard, 1924.
page number: Vol. I, pp. 123, 203; II, no. 127
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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. 137
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n37
"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963).
page number: p. 174
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960
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. 65
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n89
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. 65
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n89
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. 72
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n92
Amato, Pietro. Tesori d'arte dei musei diocesani. Torino: U. Allemandi, 1986.
page number: pp. 224-225
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Randall, Richard H. The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Carvings in North American Collections. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1993.
page number: Cat. no. 40, p. 55
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Barnet, Peter. Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. Detroit, Mich: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1997.
page number: Cat. No. 48, pp. 211-212
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Gertsman, Elina. Worlds Within: Opening the Medieval Shrine Madonna. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015.
page number: Mentioned & Reproduced: pp. 22-23
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'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk' 2020
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url: http://www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk/images/ivory/25DC9379_b388803e.html
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IMAGES
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