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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1400 creation date earliest: 1395 creation date latest: 1405 current location: 110A Italian Gothic creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Tuscany, late 14th-early 15th century technique: polychromed walnut department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 156.2 cm (61 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty opening date: 1960-11-30T05:00:00 Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. 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 Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE R. Stora; (Baron Edouard des Courières, Tangier, Africa). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.75/1960.75_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.75/1960.75_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1960.75/1960.75_full.tif