id: 137319 accession number: 1962.247 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.247 updated: 2021-06-29 06:36:18.388000 Daniel in the Lion's Den, c. 1125–50. France, Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, 12th century. Limestone; overall: 72.4 x 68.6 x 36.2 cm (28 1/2 x 27 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.247 title: Daniel in the Lion's Den title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1125–50 creation date earliest: 1125 creation date latest: 1150 current location: 106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: France, Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, 12th century technique: limestone department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Romanesque type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 72.4 x 68.6 x 36.2 cm (28 1/2 x 27 x 14 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: Treasures of Medieval France opening date: 1966-11-16T05:00:00 Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967). title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (George Joseph Demotte, Paris, France and New York, NY, (1877-1923)) date: ?-1923 footnotes: citations: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN date: 1923-1957 footnotes: citations: (Victor D. Spark (1898-1991), New York, NY) date: 1957-? footnotes: citations: (Wolfgang Hofstätter, Vienna, Austria, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1962 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1962- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: During the 12th century, churches used images to teach the faithful who were illiterate. While Daniel lived before Jesus, he is depicted holding a bible, alluding to the continuity between the Old and New Testaments. digital description: wall description: According to the Old Testament, Daniel was cast into a lion’s den as punishment for his belief in a single god, but he was miraculously delivered from harm on account of his faith. This story is related here, with Daniel flanked by lions and the angel sent by God to save him. Together with other decorated capitals, this imposing work of Romanesque sculpture once decorated the interior of the church of Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, a city in central France. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Demote's Gift of Gothic Sculpture," Minneapolis Institute of Art Bulletin 12 (March 1923). page number: p. 18 url: "Recent Gift of Early French Sculpture" Minneapolis Institute of Art Bulletin 12 (April 1923). page number: pp. 26-28 url: Green, Rosalie B. Daniel in the Lions' Den As an Example of Romanesque Typology. 1948. page number: pp. 10-11, 63, no. 1.7. url: Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1962." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 9 (1962). page number: no. 16 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151915 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. 46 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n70 W. Cahn, Gesta VII (1968). page number: pp. 57-8 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. 46 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n68 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. 51 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n71 Cahn, Walter, and Linda Seidel. Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections. New York: B. Franklin, 1978. page number: no. B III 6, 155-156 url: Wixom, William D. "Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections XVII," Gesta 18, no. 2 (1979). page number: pp. 42-3 url: Scheifele, Eleanor L.. “A French Romanesque Capital of Daniel in the Lions' Den.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 3 (1994): 46-83. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 46-83 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161445 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: p. 154-5, no. 53. url: Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007. page number: cat. 58, p.196 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.247/1962.247_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.247/1962.247_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1962.247/1962.247_full.tif