id: 135931 accession number: 1959.43 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.43 updated: 2020-06-08 09:01:15.609000 Saint Stephen, 1502-1508. Tilman Riemenschneider (German, 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 title: Saint Stephen title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1502-1508 creation date earliest: 1502 creation date latest: 1508 current location: 111 German and Austrian Gothic creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, Würzburg, 16th century technique: lindenwood with polychromy and gilding department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Tilman Riemenschneider (German, c. 1460-1531) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 93.5 x 35 x 23.5 cm (36 13/16 x 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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 (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, Washington, DC, Landover, MD (October 3, 1999-January 9, 2000); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 7-May 14, 2000). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages. National Gallery; Metropolitan Museum of Art; 1999. --- PROVENANCE Richard von Passavant-Gontard, Fruankfurt-am-Main; C. von Pannwitz, Bennebroek; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This sculpture, along with that of Saint Lawrence (1959.42) and two others in Germany, are believed to be the remaining fragments of a large altarpiece carved by Riemenschneider for the Dominican convent in Rothenburg in Franconia (demolished in 1813). Saints Stephen and Lawrence both wear the dalmatic to indicate their status as deacons in the early church. Each holds a symbol of his martyrdom; here, Saint Stephen cradles some stones to indicate his death by stoning. Art in Germany through the early 1500s remained firmly anchored in the late Gothic style with its associated interests in realism. Riemenschneider was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of this style, a recognized master in both stone and wood. His flourishing workshop employed as many as 40 apprentices in sculpting, woodcarving, and painting. His sculptures are noted for the dreamy, melancholy, and introspective quality in their expressions, as well as their remarkable attention to detail. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Saint Lawrence and Saint Stephen,” September 14, 1959, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0434 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 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 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 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.43/1959.43_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.43/1959.43_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.43/1959.43_full.tif