The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Door and Frame
late 1400s
Overall: 278.9 x 104.8 x 14 cm (109 13/16 x 41 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Description
This elaborately carved door and frame was intended for use in a protected interior space as suggested by the delicate open tracery above and its use of polychromy. Though its original context is unknown, the door's placement may have been within either a domestic or ecclesiastical building. The inscription in Old French-Mal vit qui ne mande-is enigmatic and has been suggested to translate roughly as "He lives badly who does not ask." The source of the inscription is unclear but may have been a proverb or motto current during the time.- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 26-37. Mentioned: p. 27 www.jstor.org"The Relation of the Museum to Local Industry." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 10 (1918): 122-31. Reproduced: p. 119 www.jstor.org"Closing Days of the Inaugural Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 3, no. 3 (1916): 1-4. Reproduced: p. 11; mentioned: p. 3 www.jstor.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.2051