id:			143604
accession number:	1967.65
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.65
updated:		2025-02-09 03:20:37.981000

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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (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, 39104 Magdeburg, Germany (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, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'J. Seligmann: "Objects d\' Art" 1913, p. 53, no. 104.', 'opening_date': '1913-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Paris, Musée des Art Décoratifs "Chefs d\'oeuvres de la curiosité du monde" 1954: no. 266, pl. 120.', 'opening_date': '1954-01-01T00:00:00'}

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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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CITATIONS

	“Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302–346.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 42, no. 29; Reproduced: Back cover
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152183

	Wixom, William D. “An Ottonian Ivory Book Cover.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 55, no. 9 (November 1968): 275–289.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 274, fig. 1, Cover; Mentioned: p. 275, 279
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152234

	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

	Evans, Helen C., and William D. Wixom. <em>The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 490
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 128-129, no. 41
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	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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