id:			144625
accession number:	1969.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.26
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:24.264000

Aquamanile: Saddled Horse, c. 1250–1300. North Germany, Lower Saxony (?), 14th century. Copper alloy; overall: 23.1 x 22.4 cm (9 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.26

title:				Aquamanile: Saddled Horse
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creation date:			c. 1250–1300
creation date earliest:		1245
creation date latest:		1305
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	North Germany, Lower Saxony (?), 14th century
technique:	copper alloy
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 23.1 x 22.4 cm (9 1/8 x 8 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain
	opening date:   2016-10-09T00:00:00
	<i>Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 9, 2016-February 26, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Castiglione, Vienna, purchased by Mrs. C. Porter Wilson
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	Mrs. C. Porter Wilson, New York, NY
	date: ?-1968
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	(Parke-Bernet, 25 October 1968, lot 112a)
	date: 1968
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	(Blumka Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1968-1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Parke-Bernet Galleries. <em>Italian Maiolica &amp; Works of Art. </em>New York: The Galleries, 1968.
	page number: 	lot 112a
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	Wixom, William D. "A Lion Aquamanile" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, Vol. 61, No. 8 (October 1974).
	page number: 	p. 260-270
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	Wixom, William D. <em>Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections</em>: [Exhibition]. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
	page number: 	p. 5-6
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	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. 60
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n80

	Fliegel, Stephen N., and Elina Gertsman. <em>Myth and Mystique:</em> Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain. 2016.
	page number: 	p. 136-139
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	Mikolic, Amanda. <em>The Art of Handwashing. </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. April 10, 2020.
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	url:		https://medium.com/cma-thinker/the-art-of-handwashing-515bf9ea5343

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