Bifolia with Scenes from the Life of Christ
1230–1240
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Bifolia with Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1230–1240. Germany, Lower Saxony (Diocese of Hildesheim), Braunschweig(?), 13th century. Tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 30.7 x 31 cm (12 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); framed: 48.3 x 63.5 cm (19 x 25 in.); overall: 30.7 x 45.2 cm (12 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1933.448.1
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- tempera, and gold on vellum
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.7 x 31 cm (12 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Framed: 48.3 x 63.5 cm (19 x 25 in.); Overall: 30.7 x 45.2 cm (12 1/16 x 17 13/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1933.448.1
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Object in Focus: Pair of Bifolia from a Psalter with Scenes from the Life of Christ, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Visions of the Divine: Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval Germany (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Medieval Arts" February 17-March 24, 1940; no. 22. pl. XIX.<br>Cincinnati, The Taft Museum, "Medieval Art Exhibition from XII to XV Centuries" December, 1948-January 1949.<br>Winnepeg, Winnepeg Art Gallery, "Exhibition of Medieval Art" January 3-28, 1952.<br>Buffalo, Albright-Knox Gallery, Religious Art" Decmber 1965-January 10, 1966. <br>Domplatz, Germany, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte (Castle Corvey), "Die Kunst und Kultur und der Weser in der Zeit von 800 bis 1600" May 15th-Septermber 15, 1966<br>Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; January 9 - February 18, 2001. "Object in Focus: Pair of Bifolia from a Psalter with Scenes from the Life of Christ."<br>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"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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