id: 136802 accession number: 1961.30 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.30 updated: 2023-03-24 11:13:13.622000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Austria, Lambach, 18th century technique: painted and gilded wood department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Johann Peter Schwanthaler (Austrian, 1720–1795) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 141.6 x 104.2 x 35.6 cm (55 3/4 x 41 x 14 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE said to have come from the vicinity of Lambach, Austria date: footnotes: citations: Dr. Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Johann Peter Schwanthaler belonged to a renowned family of sculptors that produced works for religious and domestic settings throughout Bavaria, Austria, and southern Germany for more than 250 years. This imposing image of God the Father would have formed part of a larger group, probably at the top of an altar. The figure displays the characteristic features of Schwanthaler’s style, such as the elongated figural proportions, sharp-edged drapery folds, and the beautifully expressive, anatomically detailed hands. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: "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. page number: 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.30/1961.30_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.30/1961.30_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.30/1961.30_full.tif