id:			149402
accession number:	1978.56.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.56.1
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:42.747000

Head of an Apostle from the South Portal of the Cathedral of Thérouanne, c. 1235–1240. Northern France (Pas-de-Calais), Thérouanne, 13th century. Oolitic limestone; overall: 41.9 x 30.4 x 32.4 cm (16 1/2 x 11 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1978.56.1

title:				Head of an Apostle from the South Portal of the Cathedral of Thérouanne
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creation date:			c. 1235–1240
creation date earliest:		1230
creation date latest:		1240
current location:		106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Northern France (Pas-de-Calais), Thérouanne, 13th century
technique:	oolitic limestone
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 41.9 x 30.4 x 32.4 cm (16 1/2 x 11 15/16 x 12 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. 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

* {'description': 'London, "Homage to René Gimpel," 1966, no. 55.', 'opening_date': '1966-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, "Year in Review for 1978" 1979 cat. no. 28', 'opening_date': '1978-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007) and the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	found in the wall of a house in the rue Sainte-Croix in Saint-Omer in northeast France in 1923; (Audomarois dealer, France); (René Gimpel, London); (Gimpel Fils, London); (Artemis, London and New York, through Eugene V. Thaw).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Nys, Ludovic, and Benoît Van den Bossche. Sculpture gothique aux confins septentrionaux du royaume de France: les portails du XIIIe s. de Thérouanne et de Saint-Omer. 2017.
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3–48.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 9; Mentioned: p. 43, no. 28
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159613

	Wixom, William D. “Eleven Additions to the Medieval Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 3 (Mar/Apr 1979): 87–151.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 96-100, figs. 22-26
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159622

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 174-175, no. 62
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