id: 283088
accession number: 2016.32
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Icon of the New Testament Trinity, c. 1450. Byzantium, Constantinople. Tempera and gold on wood panel (poplar); 35.5 x 62.5 x 2.7 cm (14 x 24 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2016.32
title: Icon of the New Testament Trinity
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creation date: c. 1450
creation date earliest: 1445
creation date latest: 1455
current location: 105 Byzantine
creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
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culture: Byzantium, Constantinople
technique: Tempera and gold on wood panel (poplar)
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Painting
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CREATORS
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measurements: 35.5 x 62.5 x 2.7 cm (14 x 24 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: Ο ΠΑΛΑΙΟC ΤΗΩ- God the Father as Christ in old age on right identified on either side of his head in gold, outlined in red.
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inscription: ΤΟ ΑΙΟΝ ΠΝΑ- The Holy Spirit, identified by dove in gold outlined in red.
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inscription: ΙΩCHΦ Ο ΠΟΙΗΤΗC- St. Joseph the Hymnographer identified on the left by gold letters, outlined in red.
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inscription: ΚΟCΜ Ο ΠΟΙΗΤΗC- St. Kosmas the Hymnopgrapher identified on the right in gold letters in red outline
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inscription: "'together with...you my God' and 'your dominion" in Scroll of Kosmas on the right.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Danish Museum of Decorative Arts, 1913.', 'opening_date': '1913-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Oslo, Museum of Decorative Arts, 1913.', 'opening_date': '1913-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Berlin, Kustgewerbnuseum, 1914', 'opening_date': '1914-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, Ehrich Galleries, 5th Avenue, 1915', 'opening_date': '1915-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gothenberg, Rohsska Konstslojdmuseet, 1915', 'opening_date': '1915-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Lund University Art Museum, 1915', 'opening_date': '1915-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Halvor Bagge [Danish, 1866-1939?]
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Professor Einar Frank-Utzon [Danish, 1888-1985], Copenhagen, Denmark
date: 1888-1955
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Henrik Schleppegrel, Copenhagen, Denmark
date: 1955-2013
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(Bruun-Rasmussen Auctioneers, Copenhagen, sale, June 6, 2013)
date: 2013
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(Temple Gallery, London) sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 2013-2016
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 2016-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Bagge, Halvor. Exhibition of the Halvor Bagge Collection of Byzantine Paintings, Carvings, Manuscripts, Embroideries, Etc. New York: [publisher not identified], 1915.
page number: p. 9, No. 42
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Fleischer, Jens. "Rundt om en søjlehelgen" Meddelelser fra Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (1993)
page number: pp. 59-71
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Fliegel, Stephen N. “Acquisition Highlights 2016: Medieval Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 14.
page number: Reproduced: P. 7, 14; Mentioned: P. 6, 14.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.32/2016.32_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.32/2016.32_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.32/2016.32_full.tif