id: 136290
accession number: 1960.176.2
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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
Chefs d'oeuvre de la Tapisserie du XIVème au XVIème siècle (Tapestry Masterpieces from the 14th to the 16th Century). 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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 7 (1961): 182-90.
page number: p. 182-190
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25142463
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. 75
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n99
Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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 Structuring Fashion: Foundation Garments Through History. 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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