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Nov 12, 2009

The Resurrection, from an Altar Frontal

1375–1400

Italy, Florence, 14th century

Silk, gold and cotton thread, linen; raised work, embroidery: split, stem, and couching stitches

Overall: 29.2 x 41.9 cm (11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.); Mounted: 38.7 x 51.4 cm (15 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.904

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Description

This scene of the Resurrection, along with 11
additional embroideries of the life of Christ, may
have formed an altar frontal, a hanging decorating
the front of an altar. Originally, expensive gold
thread covered the background, but it was removed
and probably melted down for its monetary
value. The loss of the gold exposes a rarely seen
preparatory drawing on the linen ground created
by an unidentified painter. Now exposed, thick
cotton thread forms scrolling vines that, when
covered with radiant gold thread, would have
paralleled the effect of raised plaster decoration
in paintings. What does survive is of the highest
quality and refinement, including more than 20
brilliant shades of silk thread.

Provenance

Fritz Iklé, Switerland; (Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).

Citations

"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963): 174-215. p. 93, 184, 214 www.jstor.org

Hague, Marian. 1933. “Notes on Some Fourteenth Century Embroideries in Judge Untermyer's Collection.” The Bulletin of the Needle and Bobbin Club. [New York]: Needle and Bobbin Club, XVII, no 1.. p. 49

Farcy, Louis de. La broderie du XIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours d'après des spécimens authentiques et les anciens inventaires. Angers: Belhomme, 1890. pl. 187

Underhill, Gertrude. "Old Embroideries in the Museum." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 8 (1930): 151-54. p. 151-54 www.jstor.org

Kurth, Betty. 1931. “Florentiner Trecento-Stickereien.” Pantheon 8.1931, 455-462. p. 455, 459, fig. 6

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Arts of the Middle Ages; A Loan Exhibition, February 17 to March 24, 1940. Boston, Mass: Museum of Fine Arts, 1940. p. 37, no. 106

Wadsworth Atheneum. The Life of Christ: A Loan Exhibition of Works of Art Illustrating Episodes in the Life of Christ : March 12 to April 25, 1948, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn. Hartford: The Atheneum, 1948. p. 25, no. 146, fig. 14

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 156 archive.org

Detroit Institute of Arts, and Paul L. Grigaut. Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600; The Detroit Institute of Arts [Exhibition] November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959. 1958. p. 79, no. 179

Grönwoldt Ruth. 1961. “Florentiner Stickereien in Den Inventaren Des Herzogs Von Berry Und Der Herzöge Von Burgund.” Mitteilungen Des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz 10 (1): 33–58. p. 36, Abb. 3

Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400; [Exhibition]: October 23-December 2, 1962, / B. [Baltimore, Md.]: Walters Art Gallery, 1962. p. 148-150, no. 158, pl. CXXIIIb

Wadsworth Atheneum. An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries, in Honor of Richard Offner: April 9 to June 6, 1965, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Hartford [Conn.]: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1965. p. 33, no. 54, fig. 54

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 57 archive.org

Van Fossen, David. "A Fourteenth-Century Embroidered Florentine Antependium." The Art Bulletin 50, no. 2 (1968): 141-52. p. 141-152, figs. 14, 18

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 57 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 65 archive.org

Wardwell, Anne E. "A Rare Florentine Embroidery of the Fourteenth Century." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 9 (1979): 322-33. fig. 5a www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

The Arts of the Middle Ages. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (February 17-March 24, 1940)

Life of Christ. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (March 12-April 25, 1948).

Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959).

The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (October 23-December 30, 1962).

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century Italian Art. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (April 8-June 6, 1965).

Circa 1300. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN (September 26-November 7, 1965).

The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (October 23-December 2, 1962).

Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

An Exhibition of Italian Panels & Manuscripts from the Thirteenth & Fourteenth Centuries In Honor of Richard Offner. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (organizer) (April 9-June 6, 1965).

Circa 1300. Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (organizer) (September 26-November 7, 1965).

Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-September 19, 1971).

Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).

Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 2014-December 7, 2015).

Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2020-April 11, 2021).

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