id:			453144
accession number:	2022.41
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.41
updated:		2023-08-24 01:48:27.154000

Two Standing Apostles (probably Saint John the Evangelist and St. Paul), c. 1430. Master of the Saint-Omer Apostles (Southern Netherlandish, active Bruges?). Alabaster; overall: 23.7 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm (9 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.); overall: 23.7 x 10.2 x 5.9 cm (9 5/16 x 4 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2022.41

title:				Two Standing Apostles (probably Saint John the Evangelist and St. Paul)
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creation date:			c. 1430
creation date earliest:		1425
creation date latest:		1435
current location:		109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Southern Netherlands or Northern France
technique:	Alabaster
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Master of the Saint-Omer Apostles (Southern Netherlandish, active Bruges?) 

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measurements: Overall: 23.7 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm (9 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.); Overall: 23.7 x 10.2 x 5.9 cm (9 5/16 x 4 x 2 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster
	opening date:   2023-03-26T04:00:00
	<i>Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 23, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Medieval Body</em>, Sam Fogg, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY (January 21-March 12, 2022).

* <em>Exposition D’objets D'art Religieux</em>, Lille, l'Hôtel de l'ancienne Préfecture du Nord (14 June – 13 July 1874).

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PROVENANCE

	Saint-Omer Cathedral, France
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	Collection of Augustin Ozenfant (1834-1894), Lille, France, by descent to Chanoine Paul Bernard
	date: 1864-
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	Chanoine Paul Bernard, Lille, France
	date: -1962
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	Dr. Albert Habart, Calais, France
	date: -1971
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	Julius Böhler, Munich
	date: -1973
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	David and Louise Carter, New Haven, CN
	date: 1973-
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	Sam Fogg, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022-
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fun fact:
Alabaster is very soft; after 20 minutes of treatment with water the surface will dissolve.

digital description:
The two sculptures come from an altarpiece in the cathedral of Saint Omer in northern France. Four other figures have been preserved there, and possibly one at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The workshop was probably located in Bruges, in what is now Belgium. Sculpture was the leading art genre at that time. The specialized workshops obtained the stone alabaster from distant quarries, in this case from the area of Würzburg in Bavaria (Germany), to form it intricately and deliver it to customers in almost all of Europe.

wall description:
The two figures, likely from a cycle of the 12 apostles, probably have their original coloring. The transparent cream-colored alabaster includes typical veining that supports the play of light and shadow in the rich folds. The gilded hems intensify the richness of the drapery. The less detailed treatment of the backs of the sculptures is also typical since they may not have been visible when displayed. The figures were prepared in a workshop to be adapted to the conditions at their destination. They were probably created by an artist based in Bruges (Belgium), who was in close contact with the workshop of the so-called Rimini Altarpiece there.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Van Drival, Eugène. <em>Catalogue de l'exposition d'objets d'art religieux: ouverte à Lille en 1874</em>. Bishops Stortford, Herts: Chadwyck-Healey, 1874.
	page number: 	nos. 554 and 555
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	Kunsthalle Köln, Schnütgen-Museum, Belgium, and Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire (Belgium). <em>Rhein Und Maas: Kunst Und Kultur, 800-1400</em>. 1972.
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	Steyaert, John William, and Monique Tahon-Vanroose<em>. Late Gothic Sculpture: The Burgundian Netherlands.</em> Ghent: Ludion Press, 1994.
	page number: 	p. 327
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IMAGES

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