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Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster

Riemenschneider and Late Medieval Alabaster

Lutz, Gerhard

Paperback

Series: Cleveland Masterwork, Book 6

Art HistoryGeneral ArtSculpture & Installation

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ISBN10: 1913875431
ISBN13: 9781913875435
Publisher: Giles
Published: Apr 4 2023
Pages: 180
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.60 Width: 8.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

At the center of this publication is Tilman Riemenschneider's Saint Jerome and the Lion, one of the masterpieces of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Riemenschneider's Saint Jerome is not only one of the artist's more important early masterpieces, it is also his only alabaster work in a collection in the USA. Said to have come from the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany, this sculpture by Tilman Riemenschneider (c.1460-1531), dated to c. 1495, depicts the church father Saint Jerome as he removes a thorn from the paw of a lion, a legendary account of the saint's kindness. Following the common iconography of the scene, Jerome is dressed in the traditional robes of a Roman cardinal, with the cowl draped over his tonsured head and the broad-brimmed hat on his right leg. Traces of polychromy and gilding suggest that it was once brightly colored. Drill holes in the hat further indicate that cords and tassels of fabric, typical of a cardinal's hat, would once have decorated the sculpture. Whether the statue was originally commissioned for an altar in a private chapel or smaller space in the monastery remains unknown.

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