id:			296825
accession number:	2017.54
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.54
updated:		2019-04-18 14:05:47.504000

Saint John the Baptist, c. 1500. Attributed to Jan Crocq (Netherlandish, act. 1486-1510). Tonnerre limestone; overall: 163 x 59 x 40 cm (64 3/16 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2017.54

title:				Saint John the Baptist
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creation date:			c. 1500
creation date earliest:		1450
creation date latest:		1510
current location:		110B Late Gothic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	French, Lorraine, Nancy or Bar-le-Duc
technique:	Tonnerre limestone
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jan Crocq (Netherlandish, act. 1486-1510) 
French sculptor, active 1486-1611
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measurements: Overall: 163 x 59 x 40 cm (64 3/16 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"

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PROVENANCE

	By repute from the Sainte-Chapelle, Dijon (before 1792)
	date: -1792
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	Mr. E. Ingels, Belgium, late 1800s
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	Bela Hein (1883-1931), Paris, sold to Brummer Galleries, New York
	date: -1928
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	Brummer Galleries, New York, NY, sold to The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art
	date: 1928-1933
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	The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, (after 1983 known as The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), inv. no. 33-69
	date: 1933-1991
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	De-Accessioned by the Nelson-Atkins in 1991; sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 1 June 1991, lot 18
	date: 1991
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	Private collection, Belgium, sold at auction at Sotheby's, London
	date: 1991-2014
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	Sotheby’s, London (July 10, 2014), lot 67
	date: 2014
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	Sam Fogg, London sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2014-2017
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2017-
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fun fact: 
St. John the Baptist holds a book and a lamb, referencing his description of Christ as "the lamb of God."

digital description: 
John the Baptist was one of the most beloved and widely venerated saints of the Middle Ages. He is depicted here wearing his traditional camel hair fleece beneath a luxuriant outer mantle. The sculpture is attributed to Jan Crocq, a Netherlandish artist active at the court of René II, Duke of Lorraine at Nancy from 1486 to 1510, and noted for his naturalistic treatment of hair and costume.

wall description: 
John the Baptist is depicted here wearing his traditional camel hair fleece beneath a luxuriant outer mantle trimmed with embroidery and pearls. The lamb, a symbol of Christ in his sacrificial role as the Redeemer, rests on the closed book in the saint’s left hand. The sculpture is attributed to Jan Crocq, who is noted for his naturalistic treatment of hair and clothing. Crocq may have made it for the Sainte-Chapelle of Dijon, a chapel known to have featured clerestory sculptures mounted high on consoles within its apse. <br><br>The museum’s collection of medieval art is celebrated, and the acquisition of this beautiful, late Gothic sculpture enables us to represent the history of Burgundian art up to its final stage.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art”, Art News XXXII, no. 10, 1933
	page number: 	p. 50
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	William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts. Handbook of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. Kansas City, Mo: [The Joseph D. Havens Co.], 1933.
	page number: 	p. 72
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	Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The William Rockhill Nelson Collection. Kansas City, Mo: [Chas. E. Brown Print. Co.], 1949.
	page number: 	p. 112
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	William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Mo. The William Rockhill Nelson Collection. [Kansas City, Mo.]: [Chas. E. Brown Print. Co.], 1940. .
	page number: 	p. 89, fig. 8
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	Nelson Gallery Foundation. Handbook of the Collections in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri. 1959.
	page number: 	p. 54
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