id: 150492 accession number: 1981.52 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.52 updated: 2023-01-11 05:17:18.375000 Crucified Christ, c. 1340–1350. Germany, Cologne, 14th century. Wood (walnut) once polychromed; overall: 41.6 x 36.9 cm (16 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1981.52 title: Crucified Christ title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1340–1350 creation date earliest: 1335 creation date latest: 1355 current location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, Cologne, 14th century technique: wood (walnut) once polychromed department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Gothic type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 41.6 x 36.9 cm (16 3/8 x 14 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1981 opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). title: Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages: Cologne's Masterpieces from the World's Great Collections opening date: 2011-11-04T00:00:00 Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages: Cologne's Masterpieces from the World's Great Collections. Museum Schnütgen, Cologne, Germany (organizer) (November 4, 2011-February 26, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Museum Schnutgen, Cologne (11/4/2011 - 2/26/2012): "Splendour and Glory of the Middle Ages: Cologne's Masterpieces from the World's Great Collections", fig. 112, p. 361. --- PROVENANCE (Galerie A. Raphael, Vienna, Austria). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The striking impression of this figure is the vivid representation of suffering. The sculpture captures the moment after Christ’s death: the drooping head on a frail neck is a mask of agony. The eyes are nearly shut, the mouth is ajar, and the forehead crowned by heavy, gouging thorns is drawn with pain. The elongation of the body is emphasized by the emaciated chest with protruding ribs and bony limbs. The resulting sense of frailty and pathos is augmented by the heavy strands of hair that uncurl alongside the tormented face and by the loincloth folds that break the downward drape of the body. The sculpture belongs to a group of emotional crucifixes and pietas carved in the Middle-Rhine region for over a century beginning around 1300, examples of which are principally found in the city of Cologne. Such sculptures appealed to the Rhenish mystics, who advocated meditation based on the Passion of Christ. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lutz, Gerhard. "Bildewerke des Gekreuzigten Christus zwischen 1350 und 1450 - Versuch einer Neubewertung." In Zeitenwende 1400: Hildesheim als europäische Metropole, 67 -82. Claudia Höhl, Gerhard Lutz and Felix Prinz. Regensburg : Schnell & Steiner GmbH, 2019. page number: Reproduced: p. 9, abb. 7.2 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.52/1981.52_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.52/1981.52_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1981.52/1981.52_full.tif