id:			136503
accession number:	1960.75
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.75
updated:		2023-08-25 11:18:40.365000

Saint John the Evangelist, c. 1400. Italy, Tuscany, late 14th-early 15th century. Polychromed walnut; overall: 156.2 cm (61 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1960.75

title:				Saint John the Evangelist
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creation date:			c. 1400
creation date earliest:		1395
creation date latest:		1405
current location:		110A Italian Gothic
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, Tuscany, late 14th-early 15th century
technique:	polychromed walnut
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 156.2 cm (61 1/2 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:		Gothic Art 1360-1440
	opening date:   1963-08-06T04:00:00
	<i>Gothic Art 1360-1440</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	R. Stora; (Baron Edouard des Courières, Tangier, Africa).
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This sculpture was originally part of a life-sized Crucifixion group and intended to be seen with two more statues, a crucified Christ and a standing Virgin. Multi-figured ensembles in wood belong to a vigorous tradition in central Italy extending from the 1200s to the 1400s. Most commonly, these groups represent the Deposition (Christ being lowered from the cross) or the Lamentation (Mary cradling the dead Christ on her lap). Crucifixion groups consisted of a central sculpture of Christ on the cross flanked on his right by the Virgin Mary and on his left by Saint John the Evangelist. Such groups were often displayed during Holy Week in Italy and Spain.

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