id: 123022 accession number: 1943.279 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.279 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:55.531000 Fragment of a Wall Decoration from the Palace of Xerxes: "Guardsman" in Procession, 486–465 BCE. Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), Persepolis. Gray limestone; overall: 53 x 43.6 cm (20 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.279 title: Fragment of a Wall Decoration from the Palace of Xerxes: "Guardsman" in Procession title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 486–465 BCE creation date earliest: -486 creation date latest: -465 current location: 102A Ancient Near East creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Achaemenid (550–330 BCE), Persepolis technique: gray limestone department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Near Eastern Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 53 x 43.6 cm (20 7/8 x 17 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line opening date: 1948-02-12T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Components of Art: The Line. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 12, 1948). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hollis, Howard. “A Relief from Persepolis.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 9 (1943): 135–37. page number: Cover illustration. url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141085. 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. 670 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n123 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.279/1943.279_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.279/1943.279_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.279/1943.279_full.tif