id:			136501
accession number:	1960.73
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.73
updated:		2024-04-20 11:00:33.227000

The Organ Player and His Wife, 1495–1500. Israhel van Meckenem (German, c. 1440–1503). Engraving; image: 16.6 x 11 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.); sheet: 16.6 x 11 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund 1960.73

title:				The Organ Player and His Wife
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1495–1500
creation date earliest:		1490
creation date latest:		1505
current location:		
creditline:			Delia E. Holden Fund
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culture:	Germany, 15th century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Lehrs IX.397.507

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CREATORS

* Israhel van Meckenem (German, c. 1440–1503)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 16.6 x 11 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Sheet: 16.6 x 11 cm (6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	undescribed state/III
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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:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).

	title:		Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints
	opening date:   1987-06-02T04:00:00
	<i>Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987).

	title:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

	title:		Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop
	opening date:   2023-12-18T05:00:00
	<i>Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop</i>. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI (organizer) (December 18, 2023-March 24, 2024) https://chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/art-of-enterprise-israhel-van-meckenems-15th-century-print-workshop/.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Annual Report for 1960.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 6 (June 1961): 107–147.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 115
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142457

	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. 108
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n132

	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. 108
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n132

	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. 87
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n107

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.73/1960.73_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.73/1960.73_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.73/1960.73_full.tif