id: 135538
accession number: 1958.66
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Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404), 1404–10. Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380–1439). Vizille alabaster; overall: 41 x 12.7 x 15 cm (16 1/8 x 5 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.66
title: Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404)
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creation date: 1404–10
creation date earliest: 1404
creation date latest: 1410
current location: 010 Focus Gallery
creditline: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
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culture: Netherlands, active Dijon, 15th century
technique: vizille alabaster
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380–1439) - artist
active in Burgundy (mostly Dijon) from 1396 until his death.
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measurements: Overall: 41 x 12.7 x 15 cm (16 1/8 x 5 x 5 7/8 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: 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: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
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). Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, Dijon, France (May 27-September 15, 2004); 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 Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy
opening date: 2010-03-01T00:00:00
The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 1-May 23, 2010).
title: Johan Maelwael from Guelders
opening date: 2017-10-06T04:00:00
Johan Maelwael from Guelders. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (organizer) (October 6, 2017-January 7, 2018).
title: Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster
opening date: 2023-03-26T04:00:00
Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 23, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Deux Pleurants de Jaume Cascalle Provenant des Sepultures Royales de Poblet, Musées de France, Paris, France (May 1949).
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PROVENANCE
M. M. Hocquart, Dijon, France
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Vicomte Edouard de Broissia & son, Georges, (d. 1875) Dijon, France
date: -1875
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(M. Legley, Nancy, sold to Charles Stein)
date: 1875-?
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(Charles Stein, Paris, France)
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Baron Arthur de Schickler, Paris, France
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Count de Pourtales, Paris, France
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(Duveen Bros., Paris, France)
date: 1919-?
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Clarence Mackay (d. 1939), New York, NY
date: by 1922-1939
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(Jacques Seligmann, New York, sold to Leonard C. Hanna)
date: 1939-1940
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Leonard C. Hanna, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1940-1958
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1958-
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fun fact:
A plaster cast of this mourner decorates the empty niche in the Tomb of Philip the Bold in Dijon, France.
digital description:
wall description:
This figure comes from the tomb of Duke Philip the Bold from the church of Champmol near Dijon (Burgundy, France). Philip, who founded the monastery and designated it as his burial place, hired the best artists, many of whom came from the Netherlands. While the commission was given in 1381, the work was not completed until 1410, six years after the duke’s death.
This mourner is unusual for the time because it is not carved as a static low relief on the pedestal of the tomb but interacts with the viewers and their fellow procession members. The lifelike quality of the figure is due in large part to the alabaster. Its softness allowed artists to carve details into the material, and the transparent, milky white stone could also be polished to a high gloss.
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RELATED WORKS
id: 119132
Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404), 1404-1410. Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380-1439). Vizille alabaster; overall: 41.7 x 16.6 x 11.7 cm (16 7/16 x 6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.128
relationship: related series
id: 135539
Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404), 1404-10. Claus de Werve (Netherlandish, 1380-1439). Vizille alabaster; overall: 41.1 x 17.6 x 11 cm (16 3/16 x 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.67
relationship: related series
id: 119143
Mourner from the Tomb of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, 1443–45. Jean de la Huerta (Spanish, active Burgundy, 1431–62). Salins alabaster; overall: 41 x 20.3 x 12.4 cm (16 1/8 x 8 x 4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.129
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CITATIONS
Musée Des Beaux-Arts, Dijon France
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url: http://mba-collections.dijon.fr/ow4/mba/voir.xsp?id=00101-25103&qid=sdx_q8&n=3&e=
Beaulieu, Michèle. 1949. "Deux pleurants de Jaume Cascalls provenant des sépultures royales de Poblet: Musée du Louvre". Musées De France. 96-98.
page number: no. Iv
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Parker, Clifford S., and Paul L. Grigaut. Initiation à la culture française. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
page number: p. 63
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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. 64
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n88
Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 256-257; cat.no. VI-21
url: https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n283
Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland). "Selected Works." 1967.
page number: no. 97
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page number: Reproduced: p. 64
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Martí-Ibáñez, Félix. The Adventure of Art. New York: C.N. Potter; distributed by Crown, 1970.
page number: p. 280
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Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon, and Pierre Quarré. Les pleurants des tombeaux des ducs de Bourgogne. 1971.
page number: pl. 38
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page number: pp. 91, 203, abb. 13
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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. 72
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page number: pl. 2, No. 4
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Schreckenberg, Hella, and Claus Sluter. Claus Sluter. Bochum: Brockmeyer, 1987.
page number: p. 32, fig. 53
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De Winter, Patrick M. "Art from the Duchy of Burgundy." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 10 (1987).
page number: pp. 411-424
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page number: p. 56, no. 20
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Journées internationales Claus Sluter, and Claus Sluter. Actes des Journées internationales Claus Sluter: Septembre 1990. Dijon: Association Claus Sluter, 1992.
page number: fig. 6, p. 186
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Gibson, Walter S., and Laurinda S. Dixon. In Detail: New Studies of Northern Renaissance Art in Honor of Walter S. Gibson. [Lieu de publication non identifié]: Brepols, 1998.
page number: p. 179, fig. 26
url:
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: no. 25, pp. 28-9 & 117
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Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthélémy. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Musée Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005. [Dijon]: Musée des beaux-arts, 2004.
page number: Cat. No. 83, p. 233
url:
Domine, Heidi, "Time Machine", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 44 no. 01, January 2004
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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