id:			147975
accession number:	1974.71
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.71
updated:		2023-09-30 11:10:49.295000

St. Catherine, early 1970s. Christian Goller (German, 1943–2017), imitator of Matthias Grünewald (German, c. 1480–1528). Oil on panel; framed: 129.5 x 68.6 cm (51 x 27 in.); unframed: 121.9 x 58.4 cm (48 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art (Study Collection) 1974.71

title:				St. Catherine
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creation date:			early 1970s
creation date earliest:		1970
creation date latest:		1974
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creditline:			The Cleveland Museum of Art (Study Collection)
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culture:	Germany, style of 16th Century
technique:	oil on panel
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Christian Goller (German, 1943–2017)  - artist
German painter, born ca. 1943
* Matthias Grünewald (German, c. 1480–1528)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 129.5 x 68.6 cm (51 x 27 in.); Unframed: 121.9 x 58.4 cm (48 x 23 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Conserving the Past for the Future
	opening date:   2001-03-04T00:00:00
	<i>Conserving the Past for the Future</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Goller artificially aged this painting and used a 1500s wooden panel as the support so it would appear centuries older than it is.

digital description:
This panel was formerly believed to be from a lost altarpiece by German artist Matthias Grünewald (c.1480–1528). Scientific analysis of the pigments revealed that it was painted in the 1900s by Christian Goller, an artist who specialized in works inspired by Medieval and Renaissance painters. Goller’s use of traditional materials and techniques has led to the frequent misattribution of his artworks to various historical artists, including Grünewald, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1533), and Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528). Goller often based his designs on surviving motifs by these artists; this <em>Saint Catherine</em>, for example, was derived from a drawing by Grünewald himself.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” September 17, 1974, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr2177

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (1975).
	page number: 	no. 48, p. 68
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	Alsop, Joseph. <em>The Rare Art Traditions: The History of Art Collecting and Its Linked Phenomena Wherever These Have Appeared.</em> New York: Harper &amp; Row, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 23
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	Dwyer Modestini, Dianne, and Mario Modestini. <em>Masterpieces: Based on a Manuscript by Mario Modestini</em>. Fiesole (Firenze) : Cadmo, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 351-353; reproduced: p. 352
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