id:			453146
accession number:	2022.41.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.41.1
updated:		2023-08-24 01:48:28.084000

Standing Apostle (Probably Saint John the Evangelist), c. 1430. Master of the Saint-Omer Apostles (Southern Netherlandish, active Bruges?). Alabaster; 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 2022.41.1

title:				Standing Apostle (Probably Saint John the Evangelist)
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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 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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	(Sam Fogg, London, England, Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: -2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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fun fact:
Alabaster is very soft; after 20 minutes of treatment with water the surface will dissolve.

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wall description:
This figure, likely from a cycle of the 12 apostles, probably has its 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 sculpture is also typical since they may not have been visible when displayed. The figure was prepared in a workshop to be adapted to the conditions at their destination. It was 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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