id: 136802
accession number: 1961.30
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God the Father, c. 1760. Johann Peter Schwanthaler (Austrian, 1720–1795). Painted and gilded wood; overall: 141.6 x 104.2 x 35.6 cm (55 3/4 x 41 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.30
title: God the Father
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creation date: c. 1760
creation date earliest: 1755
creation date latest: 1765
current location: 214 Central and Northern European
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Austria, Lambach, 18th century
technique: painted and gilded wood
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Johann Peter Schwanthaler (Austrian, 1720–1795) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 141.6 x 104.2 x 35.6 cm (55 3/4 x 41 x 14 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
said to have come from the vicinity of Lambach, Austria
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Dr. Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1961." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 9 (1961): 219-51.
page number: Referenced: cat. no. 6, p. 247
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473.
"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, October- December, 1961." The Art Quarterly XXV, no. 2 (Spring 1962): 69-98.
page number: Reproduced: p. 77
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"Annual Report for 1961." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 6 (1962): 115-45.
page number: Referenced: p. 127
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151899.
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” July 25, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0983
Hawley, Henry H. "Eighteenth-century Sculpture from Germany and Austria." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LI, no.1: 1-13.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20
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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. 149
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n173
Christensen, Erwin O. A Guide to Art Museums in the United States. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1968.
page number: Reproduced: p. 177, no. 362
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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. 149
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n173
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. 165
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n185
Baum,Elfriede. Katalog des Österreichischen Barockmuseums im Unteren Belvedere in Wien, Vienna, Austria: Herold, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: p. 642, vol. 2
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Ditner, David Charles. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Thesis Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, 1986.
page number: Reproduced: p. 388
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Achleitner, Helga, and Johann Peter Schwanthaler. Johann Peter der Ältere Schwanthaler, 1720-1795, der bayerisch-österreichische Rokokobildhauer: eine Stilanalyse. Ried, Austria: Edition Kössl, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 179, pl. 215; mentioned: p. 178
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IMAGES
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