id:			145011
accession number:	1970.20
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.20
updated:		2025-08-07 23:04:30.635000

Doorknocker in the Form of a Lion, 1400s. Italy(?). Wrought iron; overall: 15.3 x 4 cm (6 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation, 1970.20

title:				Doorknocker in the Form of a Lion
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Gift of the John B. Putnam Foundation
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culture:	Italy(?)
technique:	wrought iron
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 15.3 x 4 cm (6 x 1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1970
	opening date:   1971-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1970</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Blumka Gallery, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Twelve Additions to the Medieval Treasury.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 59, no. 4 (April 1972): 87–111.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 104a-105a, figs. 39-40
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152426

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