id:			143604
accession number:	1967.65
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.65
updated:		2019-08-26 08:00:20.513000

Christ's Mission to the Apostles, c. 970-980. Ottonian, Italy, Milan, Gothic period, 10th century. Ivory; overall: 18.2 x 9.9 x 1 cm (7 3/16 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1967.65

title:				Christ's Mission to the Apostles
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creation date:			c. 970-980
creation date earliest:		970
creation date latest:		980
current location:		106C Medieval Treasury
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Ottonian, Italy, Milan, Gothic period, 10th century
technique:	ivory
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 18.2 x 9.9 x 1 cm (7 3/16 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		The Glory of Byzantium
	opening date:   1997-03-03T00:00:00
	<i>The Glory of Byzantium</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3-July 6, 1997).

	title:		Otto the Great, Magdeburg and Europe
	opening date:   2001-08-27T00:00:00
	<i>Otto the Great, Magdeburg and Europe</i>. Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg (organizer) (August 27-December 2, 2001).

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Center for the Visual Arts (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* J. Seligmann: "Objects d' Art" 1913, p. 53, no. 104.<br>Paris, Musée des Art Décoratifs "Chefs d'oeuvres de la curiosité du monde" 1954: no. 266, pl. 120.<br>1997:  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, " The Glory of Byzantium:  Art and culture of the Middle Byzantine Era A.D. 843-1261" cat. no. 324, p. 390.<br>Kulturhistorisches Museum, Magdeburg, Germany; August 27-December 2, 2001.  "Otto the Great, Magdeburg and Europe."<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

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PROVENANCE

	Albin Chalandon, Lyon
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	Georges Chalandon, Paris
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	Madame Georges Chalandon, Rome
	date: 1949    
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	Otto Wertheimer, Paris
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	Private Coll., Switzerland
	date: 1954-67 
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	Albin Chalandon, Lyon; Georges Chalandon, Paris; Madame Georges Chalandon, Rome (1949); Otto Wertheimer, Paris; Private Coll., Switzerland (1954-1967)
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wall description: 
This ivory plaque represents a full-length figure of Christ flanked by bust-length portraits of the twelve apostles, six in a vertical column on each side. With his large eyes fixed on the beholder and his mouth slightly open, Christ seems about to speak to the apostles, charging them with the mission of preaching the Gospel to the world. The plaque may originally have formed the central decoration of a precious Gospel book cover that may have looked much like the one Christ carries in this image.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 44
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n66

	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. 49
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n69

	Goetsch, Emily. "World Maps and Waterways: Place and Space in the Beatus Mappaemundi." In <em>Place and Space in the Medieval World.</em> Meg Boulton, Jane Hawkes and Heidi Stoner, 198-209. NY: Routlege, Taylor &amp; Francis Group Ltd., 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned; p. 201, p. 208, note #8
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	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 18-21; Reproduced: p. 19
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IMAGES

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