id:			140414
accession number:	1964.357.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.357.a
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:17.756000

Altarpiece with Relics - Central Section with the Deposition of Christ, c. 1735–40. Joseph Matthias Götz (German, 1696–1760), and Workshop. Gilded wood, with relics in niches: gilded wood, mother-of-pearl, ebony, red silk, gold wire, seed pearls, rock crystal, pen and ink on paper; overall: 165.1 x 108 x 20 cm (65 x 42 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.357.a

title:				Altarpiece with Relics - Central Section with the Deposition of Christ
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creation date:			c. 1735–40
creation date earliest:		1730
creation date latest:		1745
current location:		214 Central and Northern European
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Germany, Bavaria, 18th century
technique:	gilded wood, with relics in niches: gilded wood, mother-of-pearl, ebony, red silk, gold wire, seed pearls, rock crystal, pen and ink on paper
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Joseph Matthias Götz (German, 1696–1760)  - artist

* Workshop  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 165.1 x 108 x 20 cm (65 x 42 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private collection (Styria, Austria)
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	Dr. Kurt Rossacher (Salzburg, Austria), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.
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wall description:
Götz covers every surface in gold leaf, giving each part of the object equal importance, rather than simply framing a central picture. In this distinctively Central European approach, figural narrative is subordinate to the overall ensemble. Götz designed this object to rest on top of an altar, probably in front of a larger painted or sculpted decorative scheme. The work contains relics seen through the small windows on the perimeter. These small remains of holy figures demonstrate the persistence of a medieval Catholic tradition well into the 1700s.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 149
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n173

	Lee, Sherman E. "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 7 (1966): 181-284.
	page number: 	Referenced: cat. no. 7, Reproduced: p. 221
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110.

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 165
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n185

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 191
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