id:			149465
accession number:	1979.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.1
updated:		2024-04-16 11:02:57.500000

Embroidered Panel: Holy Kinship, 1500s. Germany or Switzerland, 16th century. Embroidery: silk and linen on linen ground; contours of design applied with ink; overall: 147.3 x 152.4 cm (58 x 60 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1979.1

title:				Embroidered Panel: Holy Kinship
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
current location:		115 Manuscripts & Textiles
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany or Switzerland, 16th century
technique:	embroidery: silk and linen on linen ground; contours of design applied with ink
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 147.3 x 152.4 cm (58 x 60 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1979
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

	title:		When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story
	opening date:   1981-12-01T05:00:00
	<i>When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982).

	title:		Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2016-12-14T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2016-December 4, 2017).

	title:		Liturgical Textiles from Late Medieval Germany (Gallery 115 rotation)
	opening date:   2023-08-11T04:00:00
	<i>Liturgical Textiles from Late Medieval Germany (Gallery 115 rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 11, 2023-August 4, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Bacri Collection, Paris, France
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	(Loewi - Robertson, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1979
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1979–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. "Recent Major Acquisitions of Medieval Art by American Museums." <em>Gesta</em> 19, no. 1 (1980): 67-77.
	page number: 	p. 77, fig. 30-31
	url:		doi:10.2307/766817.

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 13, p. 65; Mentioned: p. 60
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159667

	Wardwell, Anne E. "The Holy Kinship: A Sixteen-Century Immaculist Embroidery." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 9 (1980)..
	page number: 	p. 285-95
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159697.

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IMAGES

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