id: 144924
accession number: 1970.13
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Enthroned Virgin with the Writing Christ Child, c. 1400. Franco-Netherlandish, active Paris(?), 15th century. Limestone with polychromy and gilding; overall: 44.8 x 31.5 x 15 cm (17 5/8 x 12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1970.13
title: Enthroned Virgin with the Writing Christ Child
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creation date: c. 1400
creation date earliest: 1395
creation date latest: 1405
current location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Franco-Netherlandish, active Paris(?), 15th century
technique: limestone with polychromy and gilding
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 44.8 x 31.5 x 15 cm (17 5/8 x 12 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1970
opening date: 1971-02-10T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Le Siecle de Charles V (The Century of Charles V)
opening date: 1981-10-10T04:00:00
Le Siecle de Charles V (The Century of Charles V). Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, Paris cedex 12, France (October 10, 1981-February 1, 1982).
title: Paris 1400. les arts sous Charles VI
opening date: 2004-03-22T00:00:00
Paris 1400. les arts sous Charles VI. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (March 22-July 19, 2004).
title: Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419)
opening date: 2004-05-27T00:00:00
Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Dr. Kurt Rossacher, Salzburg, Austria).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Parkhurst, Jr. Charles P. "The Madonna of the Writing Christ Child" Art Bulletin 23 (1941).
page number: p. 292ff, figs., 30, 31-35.
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Müller, Theodor, Elaine Scott, and William Robson Scott. Sculpture in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Spain: 1400 to 1500. Baltimore: Penguin, 1966.
page number: p. 18, pl. 12a
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Wixom, William D. “An Enthroned Madonna with the Writing Christ Child.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 9 (1970).
page number: pp. 287-302
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152349
Dogaer, Georges "Bulletin Codicologique" Scriptorium 25, no. 2 (1971).
page number: p. 414, paragraph 1104
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Boccador, Jacqueline, and Édouard Bresset. Statuaire médiévale de collection. ([Zug]: [Éditions] Les Clefs du temps, 1972.
page number: p. 23, repr. 22
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J.G. Alexander, Jonathan "A Propos des Fastes du gothique," Revue de L'Art, no. 57 (1982).
page number: p. 91
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Schwarz, Michael Viktor. Höfische Skulptur im 14. Jahrhundert: Entwicklungsphasen und Vermittlungswege im Vorfeld des Weichen Stils. Worms [Germany]: Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft Worms, 1986.
page number: p. 643, pl. 80
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Forsyth, William A. "A Fifteenth-Century Virgin and Child Attributed to Clax de Werve," Metropolitan Museum Journal 21 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986).
page number: p. 52, repr. fig. 15
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Duby, Georges, Xavier Barral i Altet, and Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut. Sculpture: The Great Art of the Middle Ages from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century. New York: Skira/Rizzoli, 1990.
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Musée du Louvre. Paris, 1400: les arts sous Charles VI. [Paris]: Fayard, 2004.
page number: cat. no. 214, p.336
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Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthélémy. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Musée Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005. [Dijon]: Musée des beaux-arts, 2004.
page number: cat.no.131, pp. 338-9
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Laguna-Chevillotte, Agnieszka. "Le Christ-Verbe: Remarques sur la fortune du thème dans la statuaire mariale de la mouvance royale." In La création artistique en France autour de 1400, edited by Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye. Rencontres de l'École du Louvre 19. Paris: Ecole du Louvre, 2006.
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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: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 200-201, no. 72
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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: p. 186, repr. p. 187, no. 67
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Woelk, Moritz. Zwei Alabasterreliefs mit der Verkündigung an Maria, franko-flämisch, um 1410-1420, Köln, Museum Schnütgen = two alabaster reliefs with the annunciation to the Virgin, Franco-Flemish, ca. 1410-1420, Cologne, Museum Schnütgen. [Berlin] : Kulturstiftung der Länder in Verbindung mit dem Museum Schnütgen, Köln 2020.
page number: Reproduced: p. 87, fig. 33
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Woelk, Moritz. Zwei Alabasterreliefs mit der Verkündigung an Maria, franko-flämisch, um 1410-1420, Köln, Museum Schnütgen = Two alabaster reliefs with the Annunciation to the Virgin, Franco-Flemish, ca. 1410-1420, Cologne, Museum Schnütgen. 2020.
page number: Abb. 33, p. 87
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