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Lion Aquamanile

1200–1250

Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Gothic period, first half 13th century

Bronze: cast, chased, and punched

Overall: 26.4 x 29 x 15 cm (10 3/8 x 11 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp in honor of Chester D. Tripp 1972.167

Location

109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture

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The handle of this vessel is in the shape of a dragon with a long curving tail.

Description

An aquamanile is a water vessel used for washing hands both at church altars and at the dinner tables of upper-class patrons. They often took the form of fantastic beasts such as dragons and unicorns or animals such as horses, birds, dogs, and lions, like this one.

Provenance

1919-1966

Josephus Jitta, Heiloo, The Netherlands

1966-1972

(Hermann Schwartz, Ginsterweg, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).

1972-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

May, Helmut. Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz. Köln: Gesamtherstellung: Druckerei J.P. Bachem, 1968. cat. no. D24, abb. 12

Swarzenski, Hanns, Peter Bloch, Tilmann Buddensieg, Alfred Hentzen, and Theodor Müller. Intuition und Kunstwissenschaft: Festschrift für Hanns Swarzenski zum 70. Geburtstag am 30. August 1973. 1973. pp. 253-260

Wixom, William D., Donald F. Gibbons, and Katherine C. Ruhl. "A Lion Aquamanile." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art61, no. 8 (1974) pp. 260-269 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 57 archive.org

Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: p. 20; Mentioned: p. 21, p. 61

De Winter, Patrick M. "The Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 1 (1985) pp. 113-114, no. 83, pl. XXI. www.jstor.org

Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007. p. 136, repr. p. 137, no. 46

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. p. 147, cat. no. 50

Hovaguimian, Vroni. Images and Words. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. Reproduced: p. 101

Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Mentioned: p. 126-129; Reproduced: p. 127

Mikolic, Amanda. The Art of Handwashing. The Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. April 10, 2020. medium.com

Mende, Ursula, Michael Brandt, Claudia Höhl, and Lothar Lambacher. Gusswerke: Beiträge zur Bronzekunst des Mittelalters, Regensburg : Schnell + Steiner, 2020, 408 Mentioned: p. 408

Exhibition history

The Age of Bronze, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-October 17, 1982).

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

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

A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

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).

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Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Gothic period, first half 13th century

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