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Christ Riding a Donkey (Palmesel)

Christ Riding a Donkey (Palmesel)

Unknown

Artist
Unknown (Austrian)
Title
Christ Riding a Donkey (Palmesel)
Date
ca. 1450
Medium
Polychrome wood
Dimensions
61 x 56 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. Overall
Credit
Elvehjem Museum of Art Membership Fund purchase through the Glenn McHugh Bequest
Accession No.
1977.2
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
Austria

Related

to ca. 1970, Count Wilczek, Burg Kreuzenstein (near Vienna, Austria); ca. 1970 sold to [film director] John Huston (St. Clerans, Craughwell, County Galway, Ireland) [1]; 1976-1977, Barling of Mount Street Ltd. (London, England); 1977, sold by Barling of Mount Street, Ltd. to the Elvehjem Art Center [now Chazen Museum of Art]. [1] according to letter from Inge Bienenstein, Atelier I Bienenstein (Vienna) to Raffaello Amati, Antiquus (London) (received on July 1, 1977).

  • Holcomb, Melanie, Maria Saffiotti Dale, and Catherine Janis. "A Guide to Medieval Art in Midwestern Campus Collections," in Christina Nielsen, ed., "To Inspire and Instruct: A History of Medieval Art in Midwestern Museums." Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008. p. 189
  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Bulletin 1976-1977." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1977. pp. 13, 14, 58
  • Donnelly, Marian C. "A Note on the Elvehjem Palmesel." Bulletin 1981-1983. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1983): 32-35. pp. 32-35
  • Horlbeck, Frank R. "Gloria, Laud and Honor: The Palmesel and Palm Sunday." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1977-1978. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1978): 26-37. pp. 26-37
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. p. xii, no. 18
  • Bruzelius, Caroline and Jill Meredith. "The Brummer Collection of Medieval Art: The Duke University Museum of Art." Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1991. p. 233, pl. 32.2
  • Harris, Max. "Christ on a Donkey : Palm Sunday, Triumphal Entries, and Blasphemous Pageants." Kalamazoo: Arc Humanities Press, 2019. pp. 221-222

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