COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1943.280
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CMA_.1943.280
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Master of Santa Chiara
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Master of Santa Chiara
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Italian
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European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
false
Creator Dates/Places:
1563 - 1639 - bef 1498
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1563 - 1639 - bef 1498
Creator Dates/Places
false
Gender:
M
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M
Gender
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Master of Santa Chiara
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Master of Santa Chiara
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Processional Cross
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Processional Cross
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
c, 1320
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c, 1320
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1315
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1315
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1325
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1325
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas on wood
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oil on canvas on wood
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
Unframed: 61.3cm x 44.2cm x 2.6cm
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Unframed: 61.3cm x 44.2cm x 2.6cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1943.280
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1943.280
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Provenance:
Charles Loeser, Florence; Achille de Clemente, Florence (New York sale 1931); William Randolph Hearst (New York sale 1941); (Adolphe Loewi, Los Angeles)
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Charles Loeser, Florence; Achille de Clemente, Florence (New York sale 1931); William Randolph Hearst (New York sale 1941); (Adolphe Loewi, Los Angeles)
Provenance
false
Context:
This cross was originally mounted on a tall pole and carried in religious processions. Therefore, the figures on each side are almost identical. In the center is Christ crucified. Looking on from the elaborate terminals at left and right are the Virgin and St. John. The bottom terminal shows a different saint on each side: St. Francis on one and St. Clare on the other. At the top of each side is an angel. Although one angel looks up and the other down, both express intense grief in their faces and gestures.The Master of Santa Chiara (St. Clare) is the name given to this unknown artist who painted this and several other works in Assisi. In that city, St. Francis founded an order of friars while St. Clare established a counterpart for women called the Poor Clares. The presence of both saints on this cross suggests that it was made for one of Assisi's Franciscian institutions.
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This cross was originally mounted on a tall pole and carried in religious processions. Therefore, the figures on each side are almost identical. In the center is Christ crucified. Looking on from the elaborate terminals at left and right are the Virgin and St. John. The bottom terminal shows a different saint on each side: St. Francis on one and St. Clare on the other. At the top of each side is an angel. Although one angel looks up and the other down, both express intense grief in their faces and gestures.The Master of Santa Chiara (St. Clare) is the name given to this unknown artist who painted this and several other works in Assisi. In that city, St. Francis founded an order of friars while St. Clare established a counterpart for women called the Poor Clares. The presence of both saints on this cross suggests that it was made for one of Assisi's Franciscian institutions.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1943.280.tif
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CMA_.1943.280.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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