id:			125583
accession number:	1947.504
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Fibula (Pin), 400–200 BCE. South Italy, Campania. Gold; overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1947.504

title:				Fibula (Pin)
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series:				
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creation date:			400–200 BCE
creation date earliest:		-400
creation date latest:		-200
current location:		102D Pre-Roman
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	South Italy, Campania
technique:	gold
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Jewelry Techniques Past and Present
	opening date:   1956-02-03T05:00:00
	<i>Jewelry Techniques Past and Present</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-April 4, 1956).

	title:		Greek Gold: Jewelry from the Age of Alexander
	opening date:   1965-11-18T05:00:00
	<i>Greek Gold: Jewelry from the Age of Alexander</i>. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (November 22, 1965-January 2, 1966); The Brooklyn Museum (January 20-March 9, 1966); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (March 28-May 1, 1966).

	title:		Echoes from Olympus: Reflections of Divinity in Small-Scale Classical Art
	opening date:   1974-08-15T04:00:00
	<i>Echoes from Olympus: Reflections of Divinity in Small-Scale Classical Art</i>. University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (organizer) (August 15-December 15, 1974).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Exhibition of Jewellery. </em>Portland Art Museum (November 21 - December 28, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-11-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Greek Gold: Jewelry from the Age of Alexander</em>. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Nov. 18, 1965-Jan. 2, 1966); The Brooklyn Museum, New York (Jan. 19-Feb. 28, 1966); Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (March-May 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-01-19T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Arnold Ruesch, Switzerland
	date: ?-1936
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	(Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, September 1, 1936, Cat. No. 347)
	date: 1936
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	(International Studio Art Corp.)
	date: 1936-1940
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	(Joseph Brummer, NY, sold to Numismatic Fine Arts)
	date: 1940-1940
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	Edward Gans, New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1940-1947
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1947-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Galerie Fischer. Griechische, etruskische und römische Altertümer: Vasen, Terrakotten, Bronzen (Ausgrabungen von Boscoreale), Silberfund, Gläser, Waffen, pompejanische Fresken, Schmuck, Mumienporträt, Goldmünzen; Marmorfiguren und Reliefs (Venus Anadyomene; Alexander-Schlactrelief usw.); römische Tische, Sarkophag und anderes antikes Kunstgewerbe. 1936.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 347
	url:		

	The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
	page number: 	N4861
	url:		https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/15793

	Neugass, Fritz. "Kostbarer Schmuck der Alexandreneschen Zeit," <em>Die Weltkunst </em>(January 15, 1966).
	page number: 	p. 46
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	Milliken, William M. "Exhibition of Gold." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 34, no. 9 (1947).
	page number: 	p. 219
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141408

	Wunderlich, Silvia A. "A Gold Fibula." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 35, no. 6 (1948).
	page number: 	pp. 104-106
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141469

	Milliken, William M. "The Art of the Goldsmith," <em>Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism </em>Vol. VI, No. 4 (June 1948).
	page number: 	p. 313, fig. 2
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	Wunderlich, Silvia. "A Gold Fibula," <em>The Art Quarterly </em>(Autumn 1948).
	page number: 	p. 370 & 373
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	<em>Gems and Geology </em>(Summer 1949).
	page number: 	Cover
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	Hoffmann, Herbert, and Patricia F. Davidson. <em>Greek Gold; Jewelry from the Age of Alexander</em>. 1965.
	page number: 	p. 204, No. 80
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	Kozloff, Arielle P. <em>Classical Art: A Brief Guide to the Collection, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland]: The Museum, 1989.
	page number: 	p. 14
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	Pfrommer, Michael.<em> Untersuchungen zur Chronologie früh- und hochhellenistischen Goldschmucks</em>. Tübingen: E. Wasmuth, 1990.
	page number: 	p. 222, no. 1544, p. 424
	url:		

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n25

	Bates, Kenneth Francis. <em>The Enamelist.</em> Middlebourne, WV: Wooden Porch Books, 1991.
	page number: 	p. 9, fig. 4
	url:		

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