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Kneeling Prophet from the Reliquary Chasse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1409

Jean de Clichy

(French)

Gauthier du Four

(French)

and Guillaume Boey

(French)

France, Paris, late 14th-early15th century

Gilt bronze

Overall: 13.8 x 9.3 x 8.7 cm (5 7/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1964.360

Location

109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture

Description

This figure is one of only two known surviving fragments of the Reliquary Châsse of Saint-Germain. Fashioned from silver, gold, and precious stones, it was designed to hold the body of the saint. A contract from 1409 gives the names of the commissioned goldsmiths: Jean de Clichy, Gautier du Four, and Guillaume Boey.The reliquary was housed in the ancient Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris and formed the monastery’s great treasure until it was destroyed in the French revolution. The exquisite modeling of the prophet, originally a supporting foot of the reliquary, reveals the sophistication of Paris around 1400.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 62 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Artnews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64. Reproduced & mentioned: p. 34

Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 254-255; cat. no. VI-20 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. 62 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. 71 archive.org

Fliegel, Stephen N., Sophie Jugie, and Virginie Barthélémy. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 : Musée Des Beaux-Arts De Dijon, May 28-September 15, 2004, the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005. [Dijon]: Musée des beaux-arts, 2004. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 49-50, no. 15

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. 212-213, no. 77

Bagnoli, Martina. Treasures of heaven: saints, relics, and devotion in medieval Europe. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2010. Reproduced: cat. no. 134, p. 230 - 231

Inglis, Erik. "Expertise, Artifacts, and TIme in the 1534 Inventory of the St-Denis Treasury." The Art Bulletin 98, no.1 (March 2016): [14]-42. Reproduced: p. 26, fig. 13

Williamson, Paul. The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. London: Thames & Hudson, 2018. CMA Mention: p.185

"Reliquary Holder." Site Officiel du Musee du Louvre. (Accessed 1/22/2020). www.louvre.fr

Exhibition history

CMA, "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions," September 1966,no. 31.

CMA, "Treasures from Medieval France" 1967, no. VI-20, pp. 254, 255, 376.

Lawrence Kansan, University of Kansas Art Museum, "The Waning of the Middle Ages," 1969, no. 97, pp. 80, 81, pl. 15.

CMA , "Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, 1975, no. 3, pp. 7, 8, 9.

CMA, "Traditions and Revisions," 1975, cat. no. 34.

Tokyo, Museum of Western Art, "Masterpieces, East and West, from American Collections, 1976.

Kyoto, National Museum, "Masterpieces, East and West, from American Collections, 1976.

Paris, Reunion des Musées Nationaux, Grand Palais, Louvre, "Le Siecle de Charles V at Grand Palais, Paris, Pctober 5, 1981-January 1982, pp. 236-238, no. 191, repr p. 237.

CMA, "The Age of Bronze" July 13, 1982-October 17, 1982.

CMA, "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an At Museum," July 7-September 8, 1991.

Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts of Dijon (May 28-September 15, 2004); The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005) "Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419)."exh.cat.no. 71, p.202, repr.p.200.

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"

Metropolitan Museum of Art (3/1/2010 - 6/13/2010): "The Art of Illumination: The Belle Heures of Jean de France, Duke de Berry"

CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," cat. no. 134.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (10/6/2017 - 1/7/2018): "Johan Maelwael from Guelders"

Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

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

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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).

Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

Paris 1400. les arts sous Charles VI. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (organizer) (March 22-July 19, 2004).

Dukes and Angels: Art from the Court of Burgundy (1364-1419). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2004-January 9, 2005).

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).

The Art of Illumination: The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 1-June 13, 2010).

Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011).

Johan Maelwael from Guelders. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (organizer) (October 6, 2017-January 7, 2018).

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Kneeling Prophet from the Reliquary Chasse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Jean de Clichy

Gauthier du Four

and Guillaume Boey

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