id: 106709 accession number: 1924.747 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.747 updated: 2019-06-05 08:20:59.421000 Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve, 1000-1100s. Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 11th-12th century. Ivory, wood; overall: 14.3 x 46.7 x 20.3 cm (5 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. G. Mather, F. F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, J. H. Wade 1924.747 title: Ivory Box with Scenes of Adam and Eve title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000-1100s creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1200 current location: 105 Byzantine creditline: Gift of W. G. Mather, F. F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Byzantium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 11th-12th century technique: ivory, wood department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Ivory find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 14.3 x 46.7 x 20.3 cm (5 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Greek inscriptions are included in each plaque. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00 The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 12, 1936). title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00 Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Center for the Visual Arts (February 13-June 7, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Walters Art Gallery, "Early Christian and Byzantine Art" (Baltimore Museum of Art, April 24-June 24, 1947): no. 118, pl. XXIV.
CMA: "Object Lessons, Cleveland Creates an Art Museum" June 7--September 8, 1991.
Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Carved out of imported ivory by skilled craftsmen, boxes such as these were used by Byzantine elites to store luxury goods such as jewelry. digital description: wall description: Scenes from the Old Testament stories of Adam and Eve and their children, Cain and Abel, decorate this box, which may have been made to contain jewelry or small valuables. On its lid two plaques depict the creation of Adam and the creation of Eve from Adam’s rib. Two further plaques depict Cain slaying Abel: Cain throws a stone in the direction of Abel, who is hit by stones in the hip, chest, and head. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 12 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839#page=14 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page number: Reproduced: p. 12 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928#page=16 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 86 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958#page=29 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 41 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966#page=65 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 41 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969#page=63 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 43 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=63 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.747/1924.747_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.747/1924.747_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.747/1924.747_full.tif