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

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

late 700s
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.
  • House of Brunswick-Lüneburg; (Goldschmidt Galleries, New York).
  • 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
  • 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).
    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"
    Vienna, Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie, 1869.
    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.
    Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).
    Charlemagne. Hisotorical town hall, cathedral and cloister, Aachen, Germany (June 26-September 19, 1965).
    Aachen, Rathaus and Kreuzgang des Domes: "Karl der Grosse: Werk und Wirkung" June 26-September 19, 1965, no. 125, p. 100.
    Jewelry Techniques Past and Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-April 4, 1956).
    Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 12, 1948).
    Baltimore, The Baltimore Msueum of Art: "Early Christian and Byzantine Art" April 24-June 24, 1947, cat. no. 522, LXIX.
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
    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).
    Frankfurt-am-Main, Städelsche Kunstinstitut, 1930.
    Berlin, Deutsche Gesellschaft, 1930.
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