id:			168740
accession number:	2010.445
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.445
updated:		2024-07-13 11:56:33.431000

Corpus (Crucified Christ), late 1800s-early 1900s. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Kongo people. Copper alloy; overall: 16.5 x 12.5 x 2.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 15/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.445

title:				Corpus (Crucified Christ)
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creation date:			late 1800s-early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1920
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creditline:			René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Kongo people
technique:	Copper alloy
department:	African Art
collection:	African Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 12.5 x 2.5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 15/16 x 1 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture
	opening date:   2013-10-27T00:00:00
	<i>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, Belgium (1945-1949)", 'opening_date': '1945-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Leuven, Belgium', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.', 'opening_date': None}

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Ralet, Brussels, BE, 1945, sold to Jef and René Vanderstraete
	date: ?-1945
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	Jef and René Vanderstraete, Lasne, BE, 1959, sold to René and Odette Delenne
	date: 1945-1959
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	René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1959-2010
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010
	date: 2010
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	de Borchgrave d'Alténa, J. "Christs de l'ancien Congo." <em>L'Artisan et les Arts Liturgiques</em> [special issue on Art chrétien du Congo] 18, vol 4 (1949): 376.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 376, fig. 1
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	Petridis, Constantine, et al. <em>Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 40-41, 54-58, 108.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 42; mentioned: pp. 40, 108 112, cat. 5
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