id:			136290
accession number:	1960.176.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.176.2
updated:		2025-08-07 22:11:26.994000

Youth (from Chateau de Chaumont set), 1512–15. France, Lyon(?), early 16th century. Silk and wool; tapestry weave; overall: 321.8 x 452 cm (126 11/16 x 177 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1960.176.2

title:				Youth (from Chateau de Chaumont set)
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creation date:			1512–15
creation date earliest:		1512
creation date latest:		1515
current location:		113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	France, Lyon(?), early 16th century
technique:	silk and wool; tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Tapestry
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measurements: Overall: 321.8 x 452 cm (126 11/16 x 177 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	French verse in Gothic letters translates as follows: Youth triumphs while its heart is healthy, And when it seems to hold all in its hand. But this triumph is without eternity.  Here one sees the example full well: Those who are happy hide death in thier heart. Let the young heed this warning.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chefs d'oeuvre de la Tapisserie du XIVème au XVIème siècle (Tapestry Masterpieces from the 14th to the 16th Century)
	opening date:   1973-10-26T04:00:00
	<i>Chefs d'oeuvre de la Tapisserie du XIVème au XVIème siècle (Tapestry Masterpieces from the 14th to the 16th Century)</i>. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (October 26, 1973-January 7, 1974); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 7-April 19, 1974).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "Chefs d'oeuvre de la tapisserie du XIVe au XVIe siecle. Grand Palais, Paris, France (October 26, 1973- January 7, 1974); Masterpieces of Tapestry. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (February 7-April 19, 1974).", 'opening_date': '1974-02-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Gallery 113 tapestry rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 20, 2012- ).', 'opening_date': '2012-11-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	one of set of three allegorical tapestries from the Chateau de Chaumont until 1907; Duveen Collection, New York, in 1925; Clarence H. MacKay Collection until 1939; (French & Co., New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Three Tapestries from Chaumont." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 7 (1961): 159-77
	page number: 	p. 159-177
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142461

	Saisselin, Remy G. "Literary Background of the Chaumont Tapestries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 7 (1961).
	page number: 	p. 178-181
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142462

	Wixom, William D., and Leona E. Prasse. "Traditions in the Chaumont Tapestries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 7 (1961): 182-90.
	page number: 	p. 182-190
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142463

	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. 75
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n99

	Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France.</em> [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 336-337
	url:		https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n363

	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. 75
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n99

	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. 85
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n105

	Seaton, Douglass. Ideas and Styles in the Western Musical Tradition. Mountain View, Calif: Mayfield Pub. Co, 1991.
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	Vignon, Charlotte, and Ian Wardropper. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced:  pp. 218, fig. 78 - 219
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	Passot, Sebastien. ""Are You Sure This Is What He Means?" Considerations on Dress Terminology in French Sources and Their Subsequent Translation." In <em>Structuring Fashion: Foundation Garments Through History</em>. Frank Matthias Kammel, and Johannes Pietsch, eds., 63-71. Munich: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum; Munich: Hirmer, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 64-65, fig. 2
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