id:			171615
accession number:	2014.392
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.392
updated:		2025-05-06 12:06:31.257000

Virgin and Child, late 1200s. Mosan (Valley of the Meuse), Liège(?), late 13th century. Wood (oak) with polychromy and gilding; overall: 83 x 24 x 20 cm (32 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2014.392

title:				Virgin and Child
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creation date:			late 1200s
creation date earliest:		1250
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		106C Medieval Treasury
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Mosan (Valley of the Meuse), Liège(?), late 13th century
technique:	wood (oak) with polychromy and gilding
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Medieval Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 83 x 24 x 20 cm (32 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Reportedly on the French art market
	date: 1960s
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	Gustav Rau collection, Stuttgart, Germany, a noted philanthropist and collector of Impressionist paintings and sculpture.
	date: 1960s-2013
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	Sold at Rau's sale to benefit Unicef at Sotheby's, London (July 2, 2013), lot 8
	date: July 2, 2013
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	[Daniel Katz, London], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2013-2014
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
	date: 2014-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bonnet Saint-Georges, Bénédicte "Une Vierge mosane pour le musée de Cleveland" <em>La Tribune de l'Art </em>(December 21, 2014).
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	url:		https://www.latribunedelart.com/une-vierge-mosane-pour-le-musee-de-cleveland

	Litt, Steven "Rare Sculpture is Among New Pieces" <em>The Cleveland Plain Dealer </em>(December 21, 2014).
	page number: 	p. D4
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. “Acquisition Highlights 2014: Medieval Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 55, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 14-15.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 14.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-02

	George, Philippe. <em>Art et Patrimoine en Wallonie des Origines à 1789: Essai de Synthèse à la Lumière des Collections Américaines et Européennes. </em>Namur: Institut du Patrimoine Wallon, 2017. N6969 .W3 G46 2017
	page number: 	Reproduced; p. 194, fog. 285 a-c
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	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 34-37; Reproduced: p. 35
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	Verbrugge, Anne. "Restoration and Gothic Revival." In <em>Arenberg</em>. Mark Derez, Soetkin Vanhauwaert and Anne Verbrugge, editors. Turnhout : Brepols, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p.354
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	Beer, Manuela.<em> Magic Rock Crystal</em>. 2022.
	page number: 	fig. 282, p. 301
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	Gertsman, Elina, and Stephen N. Fliegel. Collectors, Commissioners, Curators: Studies in Medieval Art for Stephen N. Fliegel. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter ; [Kalamazoo, Michigan] : Medieval Institute Publications, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 171-175, Fig. 9.1a, 9.1b and 9.2.
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