id:			145485
accession number:	1971.103
share license status:	CC0
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours: The Consecration of Saint Martin as Bishop (left); Saint Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar, 1340–1350. Germany, Cologne, 14th century. Ivory with polychromy and gilding, original silver hinges; overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); closed: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.103

title:				Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours: The Consecration of Saint Martin as Bishop (left); Saint Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar
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creation date:			1340–1350
creation date earliest:		1340
creation date latest:		1350
current location:		109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany, Cologne, 14th century
technique:	ivory with polychromy and gilding, original silver hinges
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); Closed: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1971
	opening date:   1971-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1971</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

	title:		Images in Ivory:  Precious Objects from the Gothic Age
	opening date:   1997-03-07T00:00:00
	<i>Images in Ivory:  Precious Objects from the Gothic Age</i>. The Detroit Institute of Arts (organizer) (March 7-May 11, 1997); The Walters Art Museum (June 21-August 31, 1997).

	title:		Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages: Cologne's Masterpieces from the World's Great Collections
	opening date:   2011-11-04T00:00:00
	<i>Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages: Cologne's Masterpieces from the World's Great Collections</i>. Museum Schnütgen, Cologne, Germany (organizer) (November 4, 2011-February 26, 2012).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ozenfant, Lille
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	Private Collection, Northern France
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	Ozenfant, Lille; Private Collection, Northern France
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wall description:
This beautiful and well-preserved diptych includes its original polychromy, gilding, and silver hinges, though these are no longer connected. With its lapis background, red roof tiles, and gilded details of the figures’ clothing, the appearance is one of luxuriousness. The diptych provides us with a rare and vivid impression of how such devotional ivories were originally decorated in the 1300s.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Barnet, Peter. <em>Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age</em>. Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 198-199
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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. 61
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n81

	Täube , Dagmar von, Miriam Verena Fleck, eds. <em>Glanz und Grösse des Mittelalters: Kölner Meisterwerke aus den grossen Sammlungen der Welt</em>. München, Germany: Hirmer Verlag, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 271-273
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