{"data": {"id": 399499, "accession_number": "2021.3", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Gorgoneion Antefix (Ornamental Roof Tile), c. 500 BCE. Greek / South Italian, Taranto. Terracotta (moldmade); height: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2021.3", "current_location": "102D Pre-Roman", "title": "Gorgoneion Antefix (Ornamental Roof Tile)", "creation_date": "c. 500 BCE", "creation_date_earliest": -505, "creation_date_latest": -495, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Greek / South Italian, Taranto"], "technique": "Terracotta (moldmade)", "support_materials": [], "department": "Greek and Roman Art", "collection": "GR - Greek", "type": "Ceramic", "measurements": "height: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"height": {"height": 0.245, "height_inch": 9, "height_inch_fraction": 0.625}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [], "legacy": [{"description": "<em>Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, </em>Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (18 June-13 September 1960).", "opening_date": "1960-06-18T00:00:00"}, {"description": "<em>Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn, </em>Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, Switzerland (21 October-3 December 1967).", "opening_date": "1967-10-21T00:00:00"}, {"description": "<em>Go\u0308tter, Menschen und Da\u0308monen: Terrakotten aus Unteritalien, </em>Antikenmuseum Basel, Switzerland (16 April-20 August 1978).", "opening_date": "1978-04-16T00:00:00"}, {"description": "<em>Galerie Rh\u00e9a \u201cHallmark\", </em>Galerie Rh\u00e9a, Brussels Ancient Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium (6-10 June 2012).", "opening_date": "2012-06-06T00:00:00"}, {"description": "<em>Galerie Rh\u00e9a \u201cHallmark\", </em>Galerie Rh\u00e9a, TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands (Every March, 2012-2018).", "opening_date": "2012-03-01T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "Monnaies et M\u00e9dailles S.A., Basel, Switzerland (also known as M\u00fcnzen und Medaillen), sold to Prof. Dr. Hans Jucker.", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "By 1953", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "Prof. Dr. Hans Jucker (1918-1984) and Dr. Ines Jucker (n\u00e9e Scherrer, 1922-2013), Bern Switzerland, sold to Michael G. Petropoulos.", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1953-2011", "sortorder": 3}, {"description": "Michael G. Petropoulos, owner of Galerie Rh\u00e9a, Zurich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "2011-2020", "sortorder": 4}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "2020-", "sortorder": 5}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The Gorgoneion represents the decapitated head of Medusa, most famous of the three Gorgon sisters.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This mold-made terracotta antefix, a type of ornamental roof tile, takes the form of a Gorgoneion, a disembodied Gorgon head. Nearly circular in shape, it features bulging, almond-shaped eyes and a grinning mouth with wide tongue and sharp teeth or tusks. S-shaped serpents surround the head, some standing tall. Traces of pigment suggest a more vivid original appearance, perhaps considered both terrifying and protective.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106477702"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2021.3-gorgoneion-antefix-o"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Mu\u0308nzen und Medaillen A.G. <em>Monnaies d'or gauloises, grecques, romaines et byzantines ; objets d'art grecs</em>. Basel: Mu\u0308nzen und Medaillen, 1953.", "page_number": "p. 29 and pl. XI, lot 299", "url": null}, {"citation": "Schefold, Karl. <em>Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst. Basel. Kunsthalle.</em> Catalogues. 1960-1961. Basel: B. Schwabe, 1960.", "page_number": "pp. 61, 230-231, no. V 275", "url": null}, {"citation": "Vereinigung der Freunde Antiker Kunst (Switzerland), and Zentralbibliothek Solothurn. <em>Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn: [Ausstellung] Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, 21. Oktober bis 3. Dezember 1967</em>. [Solothurn, Switzerland?]: [Zentralbibliothek?], 1967.", "page_number": "p. 137, no. 334", "url": null}, {"citation": "Herdeju\u0308rgen, Helga. <em>Go\u0308tter, Menschen und Da\u0308monen: Terrakotten aus Unteritalien : [Sonderausstellung im Antikenmuseum Basel, 16 April bis 20. August 1978].</em> Basel: Archa\u0308ologischer Verlag, in Kommission bei Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1978.", "page_number": "p. 89, no. 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