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The Archangel Gabriel from an Annunciation Group

c. 1350

France, Champagne

Alabaster with traces of paint and gilding

Overall: 56.5 x 26 x 10.5 cm (22 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.387

Location

010 Focus Gallery

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Description

In France, the use of alabaster began in the late 1200s for funerary monuments. The Archangel Gabriel, together with its counterpart, the Virgin Mary (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) is part of an Annunciation. This is a rare example of alabaster sculpture from the 1300s. The alabaster comes from a quarry near Malaucène in Provence (France), making it an instance of long-distance trade of the rare material. Although the figure is very flat, it was likely made to also be viewed from the back, where there are remnants of gilding and the peacock feathers of the angel’s wing.

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Inscription

Ave Maria, Gratia Plena.

Provenance

Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild

Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Vienna, Austria

-1954

(Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1954-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 136 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 52 archive.org

Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 210-211 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 53 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. 59 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 198-199, no. 71

Kloppmann, W., et. al. "La Scultpture sur Albatre en France du XIVe au XVIe Siecle: Enjoux, Methodes et Resultats d'un Programme de Recherche." Revue de l'art 200 (2018). Mentioned: p. 9-19; Reproduced: p. 17, fig. 13

Williamson, Paul. The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. London: Thames & Hudson, 2018. CMA Mention: p. 151

"La Vierge de l'Annonciation." Site Officiel du Musee du Louvre. (Accessed on 1/22/2020). cartelfr.louvre.fr

Debaene, Marjan. Albast. Gent : OKV Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen, 2022. Reproduced: p. 8

Exhibition history

Grand Palais, Les Fastes du Gothique: le siècle de Charles V, exposition Galeries nationals du Grand Palais, 9 october 1981 - 1er fevrier 1982.

Cleveland Museum of Art, "Treasures of Medieval France" 1967, p. 210-211, 370.

Paris, Musée du Louvre, "Gothic Art: 12th-14th Centuries, 12th exhibition of the Council of Europe" April 2-July 1, 1968.

Paris, Reunion des Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais, Louvre, "Le siecle de Charles V at Grand Palais, Paris" October 5, 1981-January, 1982, p. 113, cat. no. 60(B), repr. p. 112.

Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

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

Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).

Le Siecle de Charles V (The Century of Charles V). Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, Paris cedex 12, France (October 10, 1981-February 1, 1982).

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

Alabaster. European Sculpture from the Middle Ages to the Baroque. M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (organizer) (October 14, 2022-February 26, 2023) https://www.mleuven.be/programma/albast.

Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 23, 2023).

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