id:			136281
accession number:	1960.170
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.170
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:48.076000

Head of an Apostle, c. 1325–1350. Southwestern France, Toulouse?, 14th century. Limestone, with traces of polychromy; overall: 36.2 x 24.2 x 20.4 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1960.170

title:				Head of an Apostle
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creation date:			c. 1325–1350
creation date earliest:		1325
creation date latest:		1350
current location:		106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Southwestern France, Toulouse?, 14th century
technique:	limestone, with traces of polychromy
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 36.2 x 24.2 x 20.4 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Treasures of Medieval France
	opening date:   1966-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Medieval France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).

	title:		Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture
	opening date:   2006-09-26T00:00:00
	<i>Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 26, 2006-February 19, 2007).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/26/2006 - 2/19/2007):  "Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture"', 'opening_date': '2006-09-26T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	probably from the Chapelle de Rieux; (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” September 9, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0602

	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. 52
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n76

	Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France.</em> [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 191; cat. no. V- 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n217

	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. 53
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n77

	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. 59
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n79

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