id:			95010
accession number:	1915.560
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.560
updated:		2023-08-23 18:03:23.305000

Cinerary Box, AD 1–100. Italy, Roman, 1st Century. Marble; overall: 29 x 24 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.560

title:				Cinerary Box
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creation date:			AD 1–100
creation date earliest:		1
creation date latest:		100
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Italy, Roman, 1st Century
technique:	marble
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 29 x 24 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
	opening date:   2010-10-17T00:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe."

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
The central rectangular plaque would have been inscribed with an epitaph, either painted or carved.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Eldridge, L. G. "Classical Marbles in the Museum: II." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 4 (1919): 72-75.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 75; Mentioned: pp. 73-74
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136283

	Schauenburg, Konrad. “Zu Zwei Sarkophagplatten Im J. Paul Getty Museum.” <em>The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal</em> 2 (1975): 61–70.
	page number: 	Ill. p. 70, Fig. 10.
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/4166331.

	Neils, Jenifer. "The Orestes Sarcophagus and Other Classical Marbles." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71: 4 (1984). 102-13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp 104-105, figs. 5-6
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159856

	Sinn, Friederike. <em>Stadtrömische Marmorurnen.</em> Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 112-113, no. 85. Ill. Taf. 25c-d.
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IMAGES

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