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accession number:	1925.943
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Portrait Bust of the Empress Claudia Octavia, 50–70 CE. Italy, Roman. Marble; overall: 38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.943

title:				Portrait Bust of the Empress Claudia Octavia
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creation date:			50–70 CE
creation date earliest:		1
creation date latest:		99
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Roman
technique:	marble
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Roman Portrait Sculpture
	opening date:   1961-04-06T05:00:00
	<i>Roman Portrait Sculpture</i>. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (April 6-May 15, 1961).

	title:		I Claudia, Women in Ancient Rome
	opening date:   1996-09-06T00:00:00
	<i>I Claudia, Women in Ancient Rome</i>. Yale University Art Gallery (organizer) (September 6-December 1, 1996); San Antonio Museum of Art (December 20, 1996-March 2, 1997); North Carolina Museum of Art (April 6-June 15, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Roman Portraits</em>, The Worcester Art Museum, MA (April 6-May 15, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1961-04-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Art of the <em>Seaway Nations</em>, Community Room of the East Ohio Gas Company, Cleveland, OH (Week of April 20, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-04-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Bruno Tartaglia, Rome, Italy, through Harold Parsons, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1925
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1925-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Howard, Rossiter. "Two Roman Portraits." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 13, no. 1 (1926): 8-13.
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	Howard, Rossiter. "Roman Portrait Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 7 (1928): 147-53.
	page number: 	Mentioned, p. 148.
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	Bieber, Margarete. “Roman Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum.” <em>Art in America</em> 32 (April 1944): 65–83.
	page number: 	Ill. fig. 7 (p. 72), discussed p. 74.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art.<em> Art of the Seaway Nations</em>. [Cleveland]: [East Ohio Gas Co.], 1959.
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	Worcester Art Museum, and Michael Milkovich.<em> Roman Portraits: [a Loan Exhibition of Roman Sculpture and Coins from the First Century B.C. Through the Fourth Century A.D.</em>, by Michael Milkovich, April 6-May 14, 1961]. [Worchester, Mass.]: [Worchester Art Museum], 1961.
	page number: 	no. 11, pp/ 30
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	Kleiner, Diana E. E., and Susan B. Matheson. <em>I, Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome.</em> New Haven, Conn: Yale University Art Gallery, 1996. Reproduced: p. 168. #123; Mention: pp. 168-169
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	Vermeule, Cornelius C. <em>Art and Archaeology of Antiquity</em>. London: Pindar Press, 2001.
	page number: 	pp. 30-31
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