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No sorrow like unto my sorrow: Philip the Bold, the Great Cross at Champmol and the Battle of Nicopolis
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 997–1027
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Author:
Nash, Susie (Nash, Susie)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus / and workshop
buildings:
Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France
dates:
1390-1399 / 1400-1449
patrons:
Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1342-1404 / John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1371–1419)
places:
Burgundy / Dijon
sources:
Gilquin, Jacques-Philippe
subjects:
French sculpture / French medieval art / Crosses / Crusades / Carthusians / Christian iconography / Martyrs
subjects:
Battle of Nicopolis (1396) / Votive images
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. David and Jeremiah on the Well of Moses (base of the Great Cross), by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1395–1404. Asnières stone with traces of gilding and polychromy, height approx.5 m. from ground level. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the scroll held by David. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
11. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the scroll held by Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the angel over the left shoulder of Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
13. Mourner from the tomb of Philip the Bold. Completed by 1411. Alabaster, height 41 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
14a–d. Details of the Well of Moses showing the scrolls held by (a) Zechariah, (b) Isaiah, (c) Daniel and (d) Moses. (Photographs the author).
Attributed works:
15. Crucifixion, fol.17 of the Biblia Pauperum. Northern Netherlands, c.1395–1400. Illumination on parchment. (British Library, London, Kings MS 5; Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
16. Ring with a portrait of John the Fearless. Paris, c.1410. Gold, agate(?), jet, emerald and ruby, 2.3 by 1.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © GrandPalaisRmn; Jean-Gilles Berizzi).
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17. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the angel between Daniel and Isaiah.
Attributed works:
19. Jeremiah and Peter, fol.2r of the Petites Heures of Jean de Berry. Paris, c.1375–90. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Lat.18014; photograph BnF).
Attributed works:
2. Daniel and Isaiah on the Well of Moses (base of the Great Cross). (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
20. Prophet Micah, fol.29v of the Psalter of Jean de Berry by André Beauneveu. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Fr.13091; photograph BnF).
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22a–c. Details of the Well of Moses, showing (a) David’s robe and tassels; (b) Daniel’s sleeves, robe and belt; and (c) Isaiah’s bag, belt and robe. (Photographs the author).
Attributed works:
23 a–c. Details of the Well of Moses, showing (a) Daniel, (b) Isaiah and (c) Jeremiah’s shoes. (Photograph the author).
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24. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the pocket and hem on David’s robe. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
25. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the pattern of Isaiah’s robe. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
27. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the pseudo-Arabic script on edge of Jeremiah’s robe. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
28. Virgin and Child with Butterflies, attributed to Jean Malouel. c.1410. Oil on cloth, 107.5 by 80.9 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Attributed works:
29. Portal of Chartreuse de Champmol, by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1389–98. Asnières stone. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon).
Attributed works:
3. Reconstruction of two views of the Great Cross. (Drawings by Matilde Grimaldi; © the author).
Attributed works:
30. Detail of Fig.29, showing prophets on corbels below St John the Baptist.
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31. Detail of Fig.29, showing prophets on corbels below St Catherine.
Attributed works:
32 a–c. Details of the Well of Moses, showing the ermine on the robes of (a) David, (b) Jeremiah and (c) Zechariah. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
33. Trinity with the last communion and martyrdom of St Denis, by Jean Malouel and Henry Bellechose. Begun 1398, completed 1416. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 162 by 211 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; photograph RMN-Louvre; Tony Querrec).
Attributed works:
34. The crosses or ‘Montjoies’ of St Denis. French, 17th century. Ink on paper. (BnF Cabinet d’Estamps, Paris, Est. coll. Lallement de Betz, Vx 16 fol.115).
Attributed works:
35. Fol.64 of the Grandes Heures of Philip the Bold. 1370s. (Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Brussels, MS 11035–37).
Attributed works:
36. Fols.226v–227r of the Grandes Heures of Philip the Bold. 1370s. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, MS 3-1954).
Attributed works:
37. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the text in Jeremiah’s open book. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
38. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the sunburst motif in tin relief moulding behind the angel between David and Moses. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
39. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the remains of painted sunbursts around circular coats of arms on the pillar. (Photograph the author)
Attributed works:
4. View of the Chartreuse de Champmol, by Aimé Piron. 1686. (Portfueille de la Chartreuse; Bibliotheque Municipale, Dijon).
Attributed works:
40. The Well of Moses, by Emile Sagot. 1839. Engraving, 42 by 36 cm. (BnF Cabinet d’Estamps, Paris, Est.H 117 558 Va21 topographie).
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41. Oak, hawthorn and hops forming the vault in tower of Jean sans Peur, Hôtel d’Artois, Paris. 1408–11. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
42. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the thistle on the corbel below Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
43. Votive reliquary of Charles the Bold, by Gerard Loyet. 1467–71. Gold and enamel, 53 by 32 by 17.5 cm. (Cathedral Treasury, Liège).
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44. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing showing the span of the well; the original viewing distance would be outside the brick walls. (Photograph the author).
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5. View of building constructed in 1638 around the Well of Moses. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
6. Massacre of the prisoners after the battle of Nicopolis, fol.607v of Chroniques de Froissart, Bruges, c.1460. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Fr.2646).
Attributed works:
7. Payment of the ransom to Bayezid, fol.267v of the Passages oultremer de Sébastien Mamerot by Jean Colombe. c.1474–75. Illumination on parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, S Fr.5594).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of the Well of Moses, showing the book and scroll held by Jeremiah. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
9. Pietà, by Enguerrand Quarton. c.1450. Oil on panel, 163 by 219 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © GrandPalaisRmn; René-Gabriel Ojeda).
Western art unattributed:
18. Tile showing sheep sheltering under a tree. Burgundian, c.1385–90. Glazed terracotta with engobe decoration, 13 by 13 cm. (Germolles Chateau; photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
21. Detail of the Calvary of Philip the Bold showing Christ at the column with prophets. Paris, 1403. Gold, enamel and precious stones. (Cathedral Treasury, Esztergom; photograph Attila Mudrák).
Article
A boxwood ‘Calvary’ attributed to Claus Sluter
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1064-1077
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Author:
Scholten, Frits (Scholten, Frits)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus / and workshop / Werve, Claus de / Baerze, Jacques de
dates:
1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Burgundy / Courts (social groups)
subjects:
Wood sculpture / Medieval sculpture / Calvary / Christian iconography / Attributions / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Tree of life / Jesus Christ: Resurrection / Dutch sculpture / Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 1342-1404
subjects:
Lions (animals) / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Calvary, by Nikolaus Elscheidt. c.1868. Boxwood, height 62.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the base and acanthus scroll. (Photograph Frits Scholten).
Attributed works:
11. The portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol, by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter and workshop. 1391–93. Limestone (pierre d’Asnières), height of figures 129 to 170 cm. (Photograph Azoor Photo/Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
12. Weepers from the tomb of Philip the Bold, by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter, Claus (‘Claes’) de Werve and workshop. c.1391–1410. Grenoble alabaster, white Carrara marble and black Dinant marble (limestone). (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; photograph Azoor Photo/Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
13. The Great Cross (‘Well of Moses’), by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter and workshop, 1395–1404. Limestone (pierre d’Asnières and pierre d’Ys), height 520 cm. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon; photograph Azoor Photo/Alamy Stock Photo).
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14. Detail of Fig.2 showing the Virgin Mary. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
15. Weeper from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter. Claus (‘Claes’) de Werve and workshop, c.1391–1410. Grenoble alabaster, height 42 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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16. Detail of Fig.2, showing the Virgin Mary. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Fig.11, showing the figure of St Catherine. (Photograph Azoor Photo/Alamy Stock Photo).
Attributed works:
18. Detail of Fig.13, showing the faces of the Virgin and Child. (Photograph Frits Scholten).
Attributed works:
19. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of the Virgin. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
2. Calvary, here attributed to Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter. c.1400. Boxwood, height 56 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
20. Detail of Fig.2, showing a side view of the arm of St John. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
21. Detail of Fig.2, showing St John. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
22. Detail of the face of the choir boy (Weeper no.1) from the tomb of Philip the Bold, by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter, Claus (‘Claes’) de Werve and workshop. c.1391–1410. Carrara marble and gilding, figure height 38.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon; photograph Frits Scholten).
Attributed works:
23. Detail of the figure of Jeremiah, from the base of the Great Cross (‘Well of Moses’) by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter and workshop, 1395–1404. Limestone (pierre d’Asnières and pierre d’Ys), figure height 520 cm. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon; photograph © Manuel Cohen).
Attributed works:
24. Yvain and the lion, detail of a capital of the fireplace in the Salle des gardes at Château de Germolles, by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter and workshop, after c.1386–93. Limestone (pierre d’Asnières), height c.25 cm. (Photograph M. Pinette).
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25. Detail of the Annunciation to the Virgin from the left wing of the Crucifixion Retable, by Melchior Broederlam. c.1394–99. Oil on panel, length of wing 125 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; photo © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon/Français Jay).
Attributed works:
26. Fragments of the legs of Christ, from the Great Cross (‘Well of Moses’), by Claus (‘Claes’) Sluter and workshop. 1395–1404. Limestone (pierre d’Asnières), height 59 cm. (Musée Archéologique, Dijon; photograph © Musée Archéologique de Dijon/François Perrodin).
Attributed works:
27. Detail of Fig 2, showing the underside of the base. (Photograph Frits Scholten).
Attributed works:
28. Detail of St Jerome in his study, from a Bible moralisée attributed to the Rohan Masters. c.1415. Pen and ink on vellum, 41.5 by 29 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, inv. Ms.fr. 166, fol.A).
Attributed works:
29. The Burgundian lion preventing the Orléans wolf from seizing the French crown, from a manuscript of Justification by Jean Petit, attributed to the workshop of the Bedford Master. c.1409. Miniature on vellum, 19.3 by 14 cm. (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, inv. Cod. 2657, fol.1v).
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3. Detail of Fig.2, showing the figure of Christ. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
4. Side view of the sculpture illustrated in Fig.2. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
5. Christ as Man of Sorrows, by Frans Crabbe. c.1525. Engraving, hand-coloured and heightened with gold, 15.5 by 10.7 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
6. Calvary, by the Master of the Colmar Crucifixion (Hermann Schadeberg?). c.1410. Tempera on panel, 126 by 87 cm. (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar; photograph © Musée d’Unterlinden, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Musée d’Unterlinden de Colmar).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.2, showing the lioness and cubs. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the angel. (Photograph Renate Neder).
Attributed works:
9. An angel with a branch of acanthus, from the Hours of René d’Anjou, by the Master of the Parement of Narbonne. c.1405–10. Miniature on vellum, 22 by 16.5 cm. (British Library, London, MS Egerton 1070, fol.94v).
Western art unattributed:
30. Crucifixion. Second half of the nineteenth century. Photograph by Ludwig Bosten. (From Sammlung mittelalterlicher Bildwerke [. . .] von Dr Franz Bock, 1894; Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, inv.SK-14).
Article
Claus Sluter’s ‘Well of Moses’ for the Chartreuse de Champmol reconsidered: part III
11/2008 | 1268 | 150
Pages: 724-741
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Author:
Nash, Susie (Nash, Susie)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
buildings:
Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France
dates:
1390-1399 / 1400-1449
places:
France / Dijon
print:
Sluter, Claus
subjects:
Netherlandish sculpture / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Provenance / Religious architecture / Religious art / Identification / Reconstruction / Cross monuments / Christian iconography / Iconography / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Technical analysis / Damage to works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Reconstruction drawing of the Great Cross, by the author.
Attributed works:
10. Angel between Daniel and Isaiah, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
11. Angel between Zachariah and Daniel, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
12. St Dominic in prayer to the Crucifix, frescos from four of the novice’s cells (nos. 17, 18, 19 and 21), by an assistant of Fra Angelico. c.1450. (S. Marco, Florence).
Attributed works:
13. Zachariah, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
14. Daniel and Isaiah, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
15. Moses holding the tablets of the Law, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
16. Detail of book of Jeremiah, photographed from above, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
17. Jeremiah, detail of surface of face showing underdrawing, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
18. Philip the Bold, profile, by Claus Sluter and workshop, c.1392–93. Detail of portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon.
Attributed works:
19. Jeremiah, detail from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
2. The ‘Well of Moses’ (base of the Great Cross), by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1395–1404. Asnières stone, with traces of gilding and polychromy. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon). View with David and Jeremiah.
Attributed works:
21. Philip the Bold, detail (rotated 90 degrees) from a drawing of the tomb of Philip the Bold, by Jacques-Philippe Gilquin. 1736. Pen and watercolour, 74.5 by 52.5 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris).
Attributed works:
22. Angels behind Philip the Bold, detail of tomb of Philip the Bold, by Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve. c.1404–10. Alabaster. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).
Attributed works:
24. Jeremiah, by Barthélemy d’Eyck(?). Panel, 152 by 86 cm. (Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels).
Attributed works:
25. The Magdalene, detail of the left-hand panel of a Noli me tangere, by Barthélemy d’Eyck(?). Panel, 101 by 68 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
3. Crucifixion, by Simone Martini. c.1336–40?. Tempera on panel, 29 by 20 cm. (Musée royaux des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp).
Attributed works:
5. (Above). Detail from Descent from the Cross, by the Limbourg brothers, from the Très Riches Heures. 1414–16. (Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Attributed works:
6. Arms of the Magdalene, surviving fragment of the figure on the terrace of the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1, by Claus Sluter and Jan van Prindale. 1398–99. Asnières stone, 17 by 36 cm. (Musée archéologique, Dijon).
Attributed works:
7. Calvary with a Carthusian monk, by Jean de Beaumetz and workshop. c.1389–95. Panel, 56.5 by 45.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Attributed works:
8. Angel with crossed arms between David and Jeremiah, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Attributed works:
9. Angel between Moses and David, from the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.1.
Western art unattributed:
20. Philip the Bold, anonymous sixteenth-century copy after original of c.1400. Panel, 42 by 28 ?cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).
Western art unattributed:
23. Jeremiah, detail from the Belle Croix, Dijon. 1508. Asnières stone. (Hôpital Saint-Espirit, Dijon).
Western art unattributed:
4. (Left). Holy water stoup. Late fifteenth century. Stone, c.400 cm. high. (Church of St Martin, Cluses).
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Claus Sluter’s ‘Well of Moses’ for the Chartreuse de Champmol reconsidered: part II
07/2006 | 1240 | 148
Pages: 456-467
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Author:
Nash, Susie (Nash, Susie)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
buildings:
Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France
dates:
1390-1399 / 1400-1449
places:
Dijon / France
print:
Sluter, Claus
subjects:
Netherlandish sculpture / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Religious art / Provenance / Identification / Reconstructions
subjects:
Cross monuments
subjects:
Christian iconography / Iconography
subjects:
Restoration (process) / Conservation / Religious architecture / Technical analysis
subjects:
Damage to works of art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The ‘Belle Croix’, by François Calmelet. c.1760. Pen and wash. (Archives Départementales de la Côte-d’Or, Dijon; I J 2476/3).
Attributed works:
13. Christ on the Cross, by Claus de Werve. c.1410. Asnières stone, 80 by 115 cm. (figure of Christ) (Musée archéologique, Dijon).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Fig.13.
Attributed works:
15. Detail of face of David on the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20.
Attributed works:
16. The terrace on top of the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20. View over Isaiah and Daniel.
Attributed works:
17. Diagram showing the placement of the square step and the orientation of the cross on the terrace shown in Fig.16.
Attributed works:
20. ‘Well of Moses’, by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1395–1404. Asnières stone, with traces of gilding and polychromy (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon). View with David and Jeremiah.
Attributed works:
21. The ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20. View with Daniel and Isaiah.
Attributed works:
22. The ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20. View with Moses.
Attributed works:
23. The ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20. View with Zachariah.
Attributed works:
24. The ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20. Detail of angel between David and Jeremiah.
Attributed works:
25. The ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20. Detail of angel between Daniel and Isaiah.
Attributed works:
26. Reconstruction of the Great Cross formerly on the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20 (drawing by Tom Bilson).
Attributed works:
3. Reconstruction of the Great Cross (from G. Troescher: Claus Sluter und die burgundische Plastik um die Wende des XIV. Jahrhunderts, Freiburg im Breisgau 1932, p.89).
Attributed works:
4. Legs of Christ, surviving fragment of the Great Cross, by Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve. 1397–99. Tonnerre stone, 59 cm. high. (Musée archéologique, Dijon). View of back of legs showing integral fragment of the cross.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of top section, showing the titulus and halo, of the model of the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20, by Joseph Moreau under the direction of Charles Balthazar Julian Févret de Saint-Mémin. c.1840. Plaster, 340 by 140 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the sunburst motif in tin relief moulding behind the angel between David and Moses on the ‘Well of Moses’ shown in Fig.20.
Attributed works:
7. Detail of mouldings on the base of the cross in the model shown in Fig.5.
Western art unattributed:
10. Detail of hair at back of the bust shown in Fig.8.
Western art unattributed:
11. The bust of Christ shown in Fig.8 seen from the side.
Western art unattributed:
12. Cast of the bust of Christ in Fig.8, set in a niche in rue Saint-Philibert, Dijon, now rue Condorcet.
Western art unattributed:
18. Plan of the Chartreuse de Champmol in c.1760 (Archives Municipales, Dijon; D 47 bis).
Western art unattributed:
19. The Belle Croix. Dijon, 1508. Asnières stone. (Hôpital Général, Dijon).
Western art unattributed:
2. Cemetery cross. Fifteenth century. Volvic stone. (Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dome), dimensions unknown. (Print; cutting in the Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Western art unattributed:
8. Bust of Christ, previously supposed to come from the Great Cross. Asnières stone, 61 by 38 cm. (Musée archéologique, Dijon).
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of crown of thorns of the bust shown in Fig.8.
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Claus Sluter's 'Well of Moses' for the Chartreuse de Champmol reconsidered: part I
12/2005 | 1233 | 147
Pages: 798-809
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Author:
Nash, Susie (Nash, Susie)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
buildings:
Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon, France
dates:
1390-1399 / 1400-1449
places:
Dijon / France
print:
Sluter, Claus
subjects:
Netherlandish sculpture / Cross monuments / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Damage to works of art
subjects:
Reconstruction / Christian iconography / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Religious architecture / Identification / Technical analysis
subjects:
Religious art / Iconography / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Scale drawing showing the 'Well of Moses', by Bernard Collette. 1990. The walkway shown here at the height of the figures has now been repositioned to ground level.
Attributed works:
12. Detail of angel's wings on the 'Well of Moses' shown in Fig.9.
Attributed works:
13. The terrace on top of the 'Well of Moses' shown in Fig.9. 1398-99. Is-sur-Tille stone. View over Isaiah, Daniel and Zacariah.
Attributed works:
14. The terrace on top of the 'Well of Moses' shown in Fig.9. 1398-99. Is-sur-Tille stone. View over Moses, David and Jeremiah.
Attributed works:
15. Model of the 'Well of Moses' shown in Fig.9, by Joseph Moreau under the direction of Charles Balthazar Julian Févret de Saint-Mémin. c.1840. Plaster, 340 by 140 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon). Photograph showing the figures around the cross as they were originally arranged.
Attributed works:
16. Model shown in Fig.15 as displayed in 2004-2005 in the exhibition Art from the Court of Burgundy 1364-1419 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Attributed works:
17. 'Well of Moses', by Julien Vallou de Villeneuve. Lithograph in C.H. Maillard de Chambure and C. Peignot et al.: Voyage pittoresque en Bourgogne, Dijon 1833, showing its state prior to the 1842 restoration by François Jouffroy.
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18. Detail of the angel between Moses and David on the 'Well of Moses' shown in Fig.9, by Claus Sluter, Claus de Werve and Rogier de Westerhan. 1300-1401. Asnières stone, with traces of polychromy. Hands restored in 1842.
Attributed works:
19. Arms of the Magdalene, surviving fragment of the figure on the terrace of the 'Well of Moses' shown in Fig.9, by Claus Sluter and Jan van Prindale. 1398-99. Asnières stone, 17 by 36 cm. (Musée archéologique, Dijon).
Attributed works:
21. View of inner side of the arms of the Magdalene shown in Fig.19.
Attributed works:
22. Detail of inner side of the arms of the Magdalene shown in Fig.19, showing section that has been worked to fit the arms to the curve of the cross.
Attributed works:
23. Correct angle of view for the arms of the Magdalene shown in Fig.19.
Attributed works:
24. Altarpiece of the Crucufixion (detail of the robe of the Magdalene), by Jacques de Baerze and Melchior Broederlam. 1393-99. Wood, gilded and polychromed, 167 by 252 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon).
Attributed works:
26. The Belle Croix, by Maurice Bauthélier. c.1760. Pen and wash. (Archives Départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Dijon; I J 2476/3).
Attributed works:
27. Detail of Fig.26 showing kneeling figure of the Magdalene at the foot of the cross.
Attributed works:
9. 'Well of Moses', by Claus Sluter and workshop. 1395-1404. Asnières stone, with traces of gilding and polychromy. (Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon).
Western art unattributed:
10. View of the seventeenth-century building surrounding the 'Well of Moses' in the courtyard of the Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon.
Western art unattributed:
20. The Virgin Burgundian, c.1430. Stone. (Abbey of Baumeles Messieurs, Jura).
Western art unattributed:
25. The Belle Croix. Dijon, 1508. Asnières stone. (Hôpital Général, Dijon).
Book Review
Claus Sluter: Artist at the Court of Burgundy
01/1992 | 1066 | 134
Pages: 37-40
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Reviewer:
Goodgal-Salem, Dana (Goodgal-Salem, Dana)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
dates:
1350-1399
places:
France
subjects:
French sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Claus Sluter: Artist at the Court of Burgundy | author: Morand, Kathleen
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Portal of the Chartreuse de Champmol.
Exhibition Review
Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: 'Les Pleurants dans l'Art du Moyen Age en Europe' at Dijon
10/1971 | 823 | 113
Pages: 620-624
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Reviewer:
Morand, Kathleen (Morand, Kathleen)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
dates:
1970-1979
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France
places:
France / Dijon
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
French sculpture / Netherlandish sculpture / Pleurants
subjects:
Funerary art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Jean Chartier, Chroniques de Charles VII. Folio 1, Burial of Charles VI. Third Quarter of Fifteenth Century. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, fr.2691.) Cliché Rémy, Dijon.
Attributed works:
63. First Carthusian Monk, by Claus Sluter. From the Tomb of Philip the Bold (See Fig.62). (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon.)
Attributed works:
65. Tomb of Jacques de Mâlain (d.1527) and His Wife (d.1515). Drawing by Roger de Gaignières. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Pe 4, fo.35.) Cliché Rémy, Dijon.
Western art unattributed:
61. Tomb of Bishop Hugues de Châtillon (d.1352). Fourteenth Century. (Church of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges.)
Western art unattributed:
62. Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (d.1404). (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon.)
Western art unattributed:
64. Pleurant from the Tomb of Jacques de Mâlain (d.1527.) (Musée du Louvre.) Cliché Rémy, Dijon.
Western art unattributed:
66. Tomb of Pierre de Bauffremont. Mid-Fifteenth Century. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; Notre-Dame, Dijon; Church of L'Étang-Vergy.) Cliché Rémy, Dijon.
Western art unattributed:
67. Pleurants from the Poblet Royal Tombs. (Musée du Louvre.) Cliché Rémy, Dijon.
Western art unattributed:
68. Tomb of the Early Fourteenth Century. (Musée Chaumont; Musée Archéologique, Dijon.) Cliché Rémy, Dijon.
Supplement
Notable Works of Art Now on the Market: Supplement
12/1957 | 657 | 99
Pages: ii
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Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
artists:
Watteau, Antoine
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van
artists:
Vuillard, Edouard
artists:
Drolling, Martin
artists:
Ghezzi, Pier Leone
artists:
Cano, Alonso
artists:
Norblin, Jean Pierre
artists:
Gainsborough, Thomas
artists:
Delacroix, Eugène
artists:
Bosschaert, Ambrosius, the elder, 1573-1621
artists:
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille
artists:
Sluter, Claus
artists:
Matisse, Henri
artists:
Morland, George
artists:
Cassatt, Mary
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
artists:
Redon, Odilon
artists:
Modigliani, Amedeo
artists:
Burgkmair, Hans, the elder
artists:
Slingeland, Pieter Cornelisz. van
artists:
Daddi, Bernardo
artists:
Francesco di Vannuccio
artists:
Hemessen, Jan van
artists:
Vinckboons, David
artists:
Heda, Pieter Claesz.
artists:
Hobbema, Meindert
artists:
Ostade, Adriaen van
artists:
Bril, Paul
artists:
Baburen, Dirck van
artists:
Wet, Jacob Willemsz. de, the elder, ca. 1610-1672
artists:
Blanchard, Jacques
artists:
Gelder, Aert de
dates:
1950-1959
subjects:
French sculpture / Spanish sculpture
subjects:
Art market / Art dealers / Art galleries / Auction houses
subjects:
Supplements
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. The Boy with the Bird, by Pieter van Slingelandt. Signed and Dated 1677. Panel, 10½ by $7frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of Messrs M. H. Drey Ltd, 32 St James's Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate III. Madonna, from the School of Bernardo Daddi. With Frame, 24¼ by 12¼ in.; Without Frame, 18 by $10frac{3}{8}$ in. (The Property of Mr C. Marshall Spink, 7a Grafton Street, Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate IV. Crucifix, by Francesco di Vannuccio. Panel, 75½ by 63½ in. (Recently Acquired by the Bob Jones University Museum, Greenville, South Carolina from Messrs Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc., 5 East 57th Street, New York, U.S.A.)
Attributed works:
Plate IX. An Exterior with Merry Peasants, by Adriaen van Ostade. Signed and Dated 1642. Panel, 11½ by $15frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of Messrs G. Cramer, Oude Kunst, 38 Javastraat, The Hague, Holland.)
Attributed works:
Plate V. The Bagpiper, by Jan van Hemessen. Panel, $20frac{3}{4}$ by $23frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of Messrs Thos. Agnew & Sons, Ltd, 43 Old Bond Street, London W1.)
Attributed works:
Plate VI. Landscape with Many Figures, by David Vinckeboon. Panel, 32 by 44½ in. (The Property of Mr Ronald A. Lee, Ormeley Lodge, Ham Common, Surrey, England.)
Attributed works:
Plate VII. Still Life, by Pieter Claesz. Heda. Panel, $26frac{3}{8}$ by 37 in. (The Property of Mr Arth. de Heuvel, 68 rue Coudenberg, Brussels, Belgium.)
Attributed works:
Plate VIII. A Wood with Cottages, by Meindert Hobbema. Panel, 12½ by 15½ in. (The Property of the Leonard Koetser Gallery, 13 Duke Street, St. James's, London sw1.)
Attributed works:
Plate X. A Market among Classical Ruins, by Paul Bril. Canvas, 36½ by 49¼ in. (The Property of Mr Arthur Kauffmann, 21 Grafton Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XI. Backgammon Players, by Theodor van Baburen. Canvas, 39½ by $48frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of Mr William R. Drown, 45 Dover Street, Piccadilly, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XII. Christ Blessing the Little Children, by Jacob Willemsz de Wet. Signed. Panel, 23¼ by 32¼ in. (The Property of Mr H. Terry-Engell, 8 Bury Street, St James's, London sw1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XIII. Charity, by Jacques Blanchard. Canvas, 41 by 53½ in. (The Property of The Arcade Gallery, 28 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XIV. The Jewish Bride, by Aert de Gelder. Canvas, 43 by 48 in. (The Property of Messrs Edward Speelman Ltd, Empire House, 175 Piccadilly, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XIX. Scene outside a Farmhouse, by Martin Drolling. Signed and Dated 1796. Panel, $6frac{3}{8}$ by 8½ in. (The Property of Mr M. R. Schweitzer, 205 East 54th Street, New York 22, N.Y., U.S.A.)
Attributed works:
Plate XV. Portrait of Conrad Celtis, by Hans Burgkmair the Elder. 1507-8. Woodcut. 8½ by $5frac{5}{8}$ in. (The Property of Messrs C. G. Boerner, Kasernenstrasse 13, I., Düsseldorf, Germany.)
Attributed works:
Plate XVI. Still Life, by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. Panel, $11frac{9}{16}$ by $7frac{7}{8}$ in. (The Property of The Slatter Gallery, 30 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XVII. Copy of a Self-Portrait by Van Dyck, by Antoine Watteau. Red Chalk, 7¼ by $5frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of Mr L. Aymonier, 162 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 8e.)
Attributed works:
Plate XVIII. L'Artiste chez sa mère modiste, by Edouard Vuillard. Signed. c.1895 Pastel and Gouache on Paper, 17 by $27frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of The Crane Kalman Gallery, 178 Brompton Road, London sw3.)
Attributed works:
Plate XX. Singing Monks, by Pier Leone Ghezzi. Canvas, 17 by 30 in. (The Property of Messrs J. Leger & Son, 13 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXI. St John the Baptist with the Lamb, in a Landscape, by Alonso Cano. Signed with Monogram. Canvas, 73¼ by $44frac{7}{8}$ in. (The Property of Messrs Julius Böhler, Briennerstr. 12, Munich, Germany.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXII. L'Embarquement pour Cythère, by Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine. Canvas, 55 by 81 in. (The Property of Messrs Wildenstein & Co. Ltd, 147 New Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXIII. Woodland Landscape with Donkeys on a Road, by Thomas Gainsborough. Signed. Canvas, 14½ by $18frac{1}{8}$ in. (The Property of Messrs P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, 14 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXIV. Entombment, by Eugène Delacroix (After Rubens). Canvas, 28 by 21 in. (The Property of Messrs M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., 14 East 57th Street, New York 22, N.Y., U.S.A.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXIX. Portrait d'Enfant, by Mary Cassatt. Signed. Pastel, 18¼ by 15¼ in. (The Property of Messrs Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, 31 Bruton Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXV. Jeune Fille portant sur la tête une large coiffe, by J. B. C. Corot. Signed and Dated 1831 (?). Canvas, 10½ by 6½ in. (The Property of Messrs Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd, 30 Bruton Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXVI. The Apostle Simon. School of Claus Sluter. Burgundy, Early Fifteenth Century. Limestone with Traces of polychrome. Height, 15 in. (The Property of Art-Gallery Schretlen, Heerengracht 390, Amsterdam, Holland.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXVII. Two Negresses, by Henri Matisse. 1908. Bronze, Height, 18½ in. (The Property of The Hanover Gallery, 32a St George Street, Hanover Square, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXVIII. The Magpie Inn, Winter, by George Morland. Signed. Canvas, 29½ by 24½ in. (The Property of Mr W. Katz, 11 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXX. A - Composition, by Pablo Picasso. Signed on Reverse. c.1912-14. Charcoal Drawing, 24 by $18frac{7}{8}$ in. (The Property of Messrs Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 17-18 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXX. B - Composition, by Pablo Picasso. Signed on Reverse. c.1912-14. Charcoal Drawing, 24 by $18frac{7}{8}$ in. (The Property of Messrs Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 17-18 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXX. C - Modèle et Clown, by Pablo Picasso. Signed and Dated 21.12.53. Brush and Ink Drawing, 11¼ by $8frac{3}{4}$ in. (The Property of Messrs Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 17-18 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXX. D - Le Cirque, by Pablo Picasso. Signed and Dated 7.1.54. Brush Drawing, $9frac{3}{8}$ by 12½ in. (The Property of Messrs Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 17-18 Old Bond Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXXI. Girl in a Garden, by Odilon Redon. Signed. Pastel on Board, 25 by 20 in. (The Property of Messrs Roland, Browse & Delbanco, 19 Cork Street, London w1.)
Attributed works:
Plate XXXII. Portrait of Maurice Potin, by Amadeo Modigliani. Canvas, 16½ by 10 in. (The Property of Galerie Mouradian-Vallotton, 41 rue de Seine, Paris.)
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. Three Praying Figures. Sixteenth Century. Marble, Height 24 in. (The Property of Messrs S. W. Wolsey, 71 Buckingham Gate, London sw1.)
Short Notice
An Exhibition of Burgundian Sculpture at Dijon
11/1949 | 560 | 91
Pages: 316+319
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Author:
Ring, Grete (Ring, Grete)
Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
dates:
1300-1499
dates:
1940-1949
museums and institutions:
Musée des Beaux Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France
patrons:
House of Burgundy
places:
France / Dijon
places:
Burgundy
subjects:
French sculpture / Burgundian / Exhibitions
Editorial
A Statuette from the School of Claus Sluter for the Victoria and Albert Museum
05/1945 | 506 | 86
Pages: 106+108
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Subjects
artists:
Sluter, Claus
dates:
1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Netherlands
subjects:
Sculpture / Netherlandish
Illustrations
Attributed works:
St. John the Baptist. School of Claus Sluter. About 1400. Limestone. Height, 79 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum)
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