id:			110242
accession number:	1928.861.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.861.2
updated:		2025-04-30 11:28:27.879000

Guardian Griffin, 1150–1175. Northern Italy, Emilia, 12th century. Pink limestone (called "Verona Marble"); overall: 76.7 x 47.3 x 119.9 cm (30 3/16 x 18 5/8 x 47 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1928.861.2

title:				Guardian Griffin
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creation date:			1150–1175
creation date earliest:		1150
creation date latest:		1175
current location:		106B Romanesque & Gothic Sculpture
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Northern Italy, Emilia, 12th century
technique:	pink limestone (called "Verona Marble")
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Romanesque
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 76.7 x 47.3 x 119.9 cm (30 3/16 x 18 5/8 x 47 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders
	opening date:   2019-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-October 6, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1991:  "Object Lessons:  Cleveland Creates an Art Museum (Cleveland, OH, The Clevleland Museum of Art), cat. p. no. 25.', 'opening_date': '1991-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	said to have come from the residence of a Cardinal Leona, east of Bologna.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	McClanan, Anne L. <em>Griffinology: The Griffin’s Place in Myth, History and Art</em>. London, UK: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2024.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 82, fig. 51
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