Christ in the House of Simon

early 15th century

German

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Title Christ in the House of Simon

Artwork Date early 15th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. German

Medium Wood, paint, metal

Dimensions Overall (relief sculpture): 31 7/8 × 32 1/16 × 5 5/16 inches (81 × 81.5 × 13.5 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of Dr. Siegfried F. Aram

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 43.92.2

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Provenance

by 1905, purchased in Wesel by Karl Roettgen (Bonn, Germany)

December 12-13, 1912, Karl Roettgen sale [as Hessian or Saxon] (Cologne, Germany) lot 254

by descent, Jacob H. Weiller (Frankfurt, Germany)

October 21, 1930, Weiller sale [as Schwabian] (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) lot 88

Otto Ebner

until 1941, William Randolph Hearst [1863-1941] (New York, New York, USA)

Hearst sale [as "One Altar, Austrian, XVI Century] (Hammer Galleries, New York, New York, USA) lot 566-1

(S. Hartveld Galleries, New York, New York, USA)

(Dr. Siegfried F. Aram, New York, New York, USA)

1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Clemen, P. Die Kunstdenkmaler der Rheinprovinz, vol. v, pt. 3: Die Kunstdenkmaler der Stadt und des Kreises Bonn. Düsseldorf, 1905, p. 215, no. 9.

Sammlung Carl Roettgen Bonn. Werke der Holzplastik des 13. bis 17. Sales cat., Jahrhunderts Mobiliar der Gotik und Renaissance Kunstgewerbe. Köln, 1912, pp. 54-55; no. 254, pl. 17 (ill.).

Swarzenski, G. Nachlass Frau Jacob H. Weiller, Frankfurt am Main, (Frankfurt aM), p. 18; no. 88, (fig. 14 ill.).

Art Objects & Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection. Hammer Galleries. New York, 1941, p. 68, cat. no. 566-1.

Gillerman, D. Gothic Sculpture in America, vol. II: The Museums of the Midwest. Turnhout, 2001, pp. 165-166; p.165, no. 125 (ill.).

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German, Christ in the House of Simon, early 15th century, wood, paint, metal. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. Siegfried F. Aram, 43.92.2.

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