id:			124135
accession number:	1945.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.13
updated:		2019-04-18 09:57:43.154000

Sleep and Death Cista Handle, 400-375 BC. Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC. Bronze; with base: 18.5 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.); without base: 14 x 17.4 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.13

title:				Sleep and Death Cista Handle
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creation date:			400-375 BC
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		375
current location:		102D Pre-Roman
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Etruscan
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: with base: 18.5 x 18.3 cm (7 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.); without base: 14 x 17.4 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
The Etruscans, a mysterious people who lived in northern Italy, loved Greek mythology and used it as subject matter in their works of art. The two winged figures, Sleep and Death, bend respectfully and tenderly toward their burden—Zeus's son, "godlike Sarpedon of the brazen helmet," who died on the battlefield at Troy. According to Homer's <em>Iliad</em>, the young prince had led a band of warriors from Lycia (in southern Turkey) to help King Priam repulse the Greek attack. Apollo, at Zeus's request, sent his winged messengers to gather the limp body, bathe and anoint it, and carry it home for burial. This bronze was once the handle of a large jewelry box called a <em>cista</em>.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 18
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958#page=19

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 22
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966#page=46

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 22
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969#page=44

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 26
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=46

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