id:			128951
accession number:	1951.541
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.541
updated:		2025-02-09 01:42:15.981000

Charity, c. 1550–1600. Franco-Flemish, second half 16th century. Alabaster; overall: 29.9 x 14 x 14 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Baroness R. de Kerchove 1951.541

title:				Charity
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creation date:			c. 1550–1600
creation date earliest:		1540
creation date latest:		1610
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creditline:			Gift of Baroness R. de Kerchove
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culture:	Franco-Flemish, second half 16th century
technique:	alabaster
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 29.9 x 14 x 14 cm (11 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York, 1921-1922. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Dreicer Collection, temporarily exhibited in the Room of Recent Acquisitions, later moved to Sculpture (Floor 1, Room 6), 1922-1933.', 'opening_date': '1921-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Michael Dreicer, 1868-1921 (New York, New York), upon his death, held in trust by the estate.
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	Estate of Michael Dreicer, by bequest to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1921.
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	Metropolitan Museum of Art, returned to Baroness Rene de Kerchove, by 1933.
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	Baroness Rene de Kerchove (Mrs. Maisie Dreicer Whyte), widow of Michael Dreicer (New York, New York)
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	, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Alabaster Group Attributed to Germain Pilon." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>40, no. 2 (February 1953): 27-30.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover; Mentioned: p. 28
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141855

	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. 103
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n127

	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. 103
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n127

	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. 118
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n138

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.541/1951.541_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.541/1951.541_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.541/1951.541_full.tif