id: 135920
accession number: 1959.42
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Saint Lawrence, 1502–8. Tilman Riemenschneider (German, active Würzburg, c. 1460–1531). Lindenwood with polychromy and gilding; overall: 93.8 x 38.5 x 21.8 cm (36 15/16 x 15 3/16 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1959.42
title: Saint Lawrence
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creation date: 1502–8
creation date earliest: 1502
creation date latest: 1508
current location: 111 German and Austrian Gothic
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: Germany, Würzburg, 16th century
technique: lindenwood with polychromy and gilding
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Tilman Riemenschneider (German, active Würzburg, c. 1460–1531) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 93.8 x 38.5 x 21.8 cm (36 15/16 x 15 3/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages
opening date: 1999-10-03T00:00:00
Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (October 3, 1999-January 9, 2000); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 7-May 14, 2000).
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. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Richard von Passavant-Gontard, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
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C. von Pannwitz, Bennebroek, The Netherlands
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(Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS
id: 135931
Saint Stephen, 1502–8. Tilman Riemenschneider (German, active Würzburg, c. 1460–1531). Lindenwood with polychromy and gilding; overall: 93.5 x 35 x 23.5 cm (36 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1959.43
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CITATIONS
Feulner, Adolf, and Theodor Müller. Geschichte der deutschen Plastik. München: F. Bruckmann, 1887.
page number: p. 165
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Riemenschneider, Tilman, and Carl Streit. Tylmann Riemenschneider: 1460-1531 ; Leben und Kunstwerke des fränkischen Bildschnitzers. 1 (1888) 1 (1888). Berlin: Wasmuth, 1888.
page number: p. 23
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Tönies,Eduard "Leben und Werke des Würzburger Bildscnitzers Tilmann Riemenschneider" Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte XXII (1900).
page number: p. 261, nos. 2, 3
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Weber, Anton, and A. Schnizlein. Til Riemenschneider: sein Leben und Wirken. Regensburg: J. Habbel, 1911.
page number: pp. 192, 247
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Schmitt, Otto, and Georg Swarzenski. Meisterwerke der bildhauerkunst in Frankfurter privatbesitz. Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter kunstverein, 1921.
page number: p. 28, nos. 138-9
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Bier, Justus, and Tilman Riemenschneider. Tilmann Riemenschneider. Augsburg: Filser, 1925.
page number: p. 10
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Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Sammlung R. von Passavant-Gontard. Frankfurt am Main: Städtelsches Kunstinstitut, 1929.
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Schilling, R. "Ausstellung der Sammlung R. v. Passavant-Gontard im Städelschen Kunstinstitut," Pantheon III (April, 1929).
page number: pp. 185, 187
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Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Kunstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. 28, 28. Allgemeines Lexikon Der Bildenden Kunstler Von Der Antike Bis Zur Gegenwart / Unter Mitwirkung Von 320 Fachgelehrten Des In- Und Auslandes ; Herausgegeben Von Ulrich Thieme Und Felix Becker. Leipzig: E.A. Seeman, 1934.
page number: pp. 333-4
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The Art Quarterly (Winter 1959).
page number: p. 388
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Riemenschneider, Tilmann, and William D. Wixom. "Two Lindenwood Sculptures." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 9 (1959).
page number: pp. 188-197
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142360
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Saint Lawrence and Saint Stephen,” September 14, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0434
The Connoisseur (March 1960).
page number: p. 136
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La Chronique des Arts (January 1960).
page number: p. 34, pl. 113
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Bier, Justus, "Two Statues: St. Stephen and St. Lawrence by Riemenschneider in the Cleveland Museum of Art," The Art Quarterly XXIII, 3 (Autumn 1960).
page number: pp. 219, 223
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Bober, Harry, "Medieval Art at Cleveland" Apollo LXXVII no. 22 (1963).
page number: p. 455
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Wixom, William D. Two Lindenwood Sculptures by Tillmann Riemenschneider. Thesis--New York University, February 1963, 1963.
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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. 76
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n100
Cleveland Museum of Art. Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. 1967.
page number: no. 111
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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. 76
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n100
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Berthold Fricke. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Hannover: Knorr & Hirth, 1970.
page number: p. 41
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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. 87
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n107
Bier, Justus, and Tilman Riemenschneider. Tilmann Riemenschneider, His Life and Work. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1982.
page number: pp. 8-9, 50-52, Pl. 6A-B
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Metford, J. C. J. Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend. 1983.
page number: pp. 59.43, 159
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Riemenschneider, Tilman, Julien Chapuis, and Michael Baxandall. Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages. 1999.
page number: p. 108, no. 4; pp. 283-298, cat. no. 32D
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Hayum, Andree "A Devotion to Carving: The Art of Tilman Riemenschneider" Art in America (July 2000).
page number: p. 93
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Kalden-Rosenfeld, Iris. Tilman Riemenschneider und seine Werkstatt: mit einem Katalog der allgemein als Arbeiten Riemenschneiders und seiner Werkstatt akzeptierten Werke. Königstein im Taunus: Langewiesche, 2001.
page number: p. 127, no. 174, Kat. 14
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Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007.
page number: p. 19, fig. 13
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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.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 244-245, no. 91
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Krohm, Hartmut, and Tobias Kunz. Nicht die Bibliothek, sondern das Auge: westeuropäische Skulptur und Malerei an der Wende zur Neuzeit : Beiträge zu Ehren von Hartmut Krohm. Petersberg: M. Imhof, 2008.
page number: p. 263
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Resplendent Faith: Liturgical Treasuries of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009.
page number: p. 62, fig. 52
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Fliegel, Stephen N., and Stephen N. Fliegel. A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.
page number: p. 48, fig. 40
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Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: pp. 158-9
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 281
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