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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Kneeling Saint

Kneeling Saint

1750–1800
painted and gilded wood
Overall: 118.1 x 90 x 50 cm (46 1/2 x 35 7/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1961.414
Location: 214 Central and Northern European

Description

This serene figure would originally have been part of a larger group, perhaps shown kneeling in adoration of Christ or the Virgin. He wears a knee-length dalmatic, the ecclesiastical dress of deacons (ordained ministers in the Catholic Church). Saints Lawrence and Stephen were among the most popular deacon saints, but lacking an identifying attribute—probably once attached to the saint’s outstretched hand—it is not possible to associate this figure with a specific saint.
  • Edward R. Lubin, Inc. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961.
  • Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1962." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 9 (1962): 199-227. Referenced: cat. no. 13, p. 222 www.jstor.org
    "Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." The Art Quarterly XXV, no. 4 (Winter 1962): 396-413. Reproduced: p. 400
    Hawley, Henry H. "Eighteenth-century Sculpture from Germany and Austria." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art LI, no.1 (January, 1964):3-13. Reproduced: p. 6
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 150 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. 150 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. 167 archive.org
    Ditner, David Charles. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Thesis Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, 1986. Reproduced: p. 416
  • Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
  • {{cite web|title=Kneeling Saint|url=false|author=|year=1750–1800|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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