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Medallion with the Bust of Christ ("The Cumberland Medallion"), from the Guelph Treasure

late 700s

This object has related works. See The So-called Horn of Saint Blaise; Monstrance with the "Paten of Saint Bernward"; Arm Reliquary of the Apostles; Book-Shaped Reliquary; Ceremonial Cross of Countess Gertrude; Monstrance with a Relic of Saint Sebastian; Ceremonial Cross of Count Liudolf; Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude

Germany, Weserraum, Migration period, late 8th century

Cloisonné enamel and gold on copper

Diameter: 5.1 x 0.2 cm (2 x 1/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1930.504

Location

106A Migration Period & Coptic

Description

This medallion may have originally served as a sacerdotal brooch and is the earliest object from the Guelph Treasure, the ecclesiastical treasure of Germany’s Braunschweig (Brunswick) Cathedral.

Provenance
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg; (Goldschmidt Galleries, New York).
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. 90 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. 44 archive.org
Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Reproduced: p. 13; mentioned: p. 14; fig. 1 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. 44 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. 48 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. 114-115, no. 35
Exhibition history

Vienna, Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie, 1869.

Frankfurt-am-Main, Städelsche Kunstinstitut, 1930.

Berlin, Deutsche Gesellschaft, 1930.

New York, Goldschmidt and Reinhardt Galleries: "The Guelph Treasure," p. 36, no. 2; pl. 3.

Cleveland, CMA: "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art-The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition" p. 15, no. 5.

Baltimore, The Baltimore Msueum of Art: "Early Christian and Byzantine Art" April 24-June 24, 1947, cat. no. 522, LXIX.

Aachen, Rathaus and Kreuzgang des Domes: "Karl der Grosse: Werk und Wirkung" June 26-September 19, 1965, no. 125, p. 100.

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"

The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 12, 1948).

Jewelry Techniques Past and Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-April 4, 1956).

Charlemagne. Hisotorical town hall, cathedral and cloister, Aachen, Germany (June 26-September 19, 1965).

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

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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