id:			149403
accession number:	1978.56.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.56.2
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:54.921000

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: 47.6 x 31.8 x 37.8 cm (18 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1978.56.2

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: 47.6 x 31.8 x 37.8 cm (18 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture
	opening date:   2006-09-26T00:00:00
	<i>Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 26, 2006-February 19, 2007).

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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': 'Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/26/2006 - 2/19/2007):  "Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture"', 'opening_date': '2006-09-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2009-02-13T00:00:00'}

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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

	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. 8; 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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	Nys, Ludovic and Benoît Van den Bossche. <em><u>Sculpture Gothique aux Confins Septentrionaux du Royaume de France: Les Portails du XIIIe s. de Thérouanne et de Saint-Omer. </u></em> Villeneuve-d’Ascq: Université de Lille, 2017.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 45, fig. 8; Mentioned: p. 11, 43, 46, 63
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