The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Leather Panel

c. 1350–1400

France

tooled leather
Overall: 15.9 x 7.7 cm (6 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of Ruth Blumka in memory of Leopold Blumka 1973.223
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury

Description

This leather panel has been tooled into deep relief. It probably decorated a wooden casket. The two scenes represented are, above, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection--also known as the Noli me tangere ("Do not touch me")--and, below, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem.
  • (Brummer Gallery, New York, 1949); Art Institute of Chicago, 1972; (Blumka Gallery, New York).
  • The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N5410 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
    “Annual Report for 1973.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 6 (June 1974): 179–213. Reproduced: p. 185 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review: 1973. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).
  • {{cite web|title=Leather Panel|url=false|author=|year=c. 1350–1400|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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