id: 122979
accession number: 1943.246
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Saluting Protective Spirit, 883–859 BCE. Neo-Assyrian (911–609 BCE), Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE). Gypsum; overall: 229.9 x 137 cm (90 1/2 x 53 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.246
title: Saluting Protective Spirit
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creation date: 883–859 BCE
creation date earliest: -883
creation date latest: -859
current location: 102A Ancient Near East
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Neo-Assyrian (911–609 BCE), Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)
technique: gypsum
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Near Eastern Art
type: Sculpture
find spot: palace of Ashur-nasirapal II in Calah (Nimrud)
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measurements: Overall: 229.9 x 137 cm (90 1/2 x 53 15/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE
Excavated by Austen Henry Layard at the palace of Ashur-nasirapal II in Calah (Nimrud)
date: 1847
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Gift of Dr. Henry John Lobdell (Class of 1849), to Amherst College
date: 1847-1852/1856?
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Amherst College, sold in even exchange for lot of objects to Joseph Brummer Gallery
date: 1885-1942
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(Joseph Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: 1942-1943
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1943-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), no. P427317: Nimrud NW Palace Relief Slab S-06.
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url: https://cdli.ucla.edu/search/archival_view.php?ObjectID=P427317
Englund, Klaudia."Room S", The Northwest Palace at Nimrud. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI).
page number: S-6
url: https://cdli.ucla.edu/projects/nimrud/rooms/s.html
Layard, Austen Henry. The Monuments of Nineveh: From Drawings Made on the Spot. London: J. Murray, 1849.
page number: Plate 37 of vol. 1, Map: No. 9 Room S
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Malcolm, Vaughn. The International Studio (Feb. 1927)
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Worcester Art Museum Bulletin (Oct. 1930)
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Plough, Harold. "The Natural History of the Assyrian Bas-Reliefs." Amherst Graduate Quarterly (May 1934).
page number: pp. 195-201
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Hollis, Howard. "An Assyrian Relief of a Winged Deity." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 7 (1943): 108-13.
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url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141073
Art Quarterly VI (Summer 1943).
page number: pp. 224-227
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The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page number: N5334
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/18427
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. 667
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n123
"Treasures from Cleveland," Apollo 78 (December 1963).
page number: p. 441
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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. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n34
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. 10
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n32
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. 3
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n23
Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. A Survey of Historic Costume. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1989.
page number: p. 18, fig. 2.5
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n21
Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1992.
page number: p. 17
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Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. A Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress. New York: Fairchild Publications, 1994.
page number: p. 10, fig. 2.5
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May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: No. 2, pp. 6-7
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Cleveland Museum of Art, David Franklin, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: pp. 31-31
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 68-69
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Biro, Yaëlle, Christine E. Brennan, and Christel H. Force. The Brummer Galleries, Paris and New York: Defining Taste from Antiquities to the Avant-Garde. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.
page number: Mentioned: p. 485; reproduced: p. 487, fig. c..3
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