id: 126030
accession number: 1948.25
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Altar Front, c. 540–600. Early Byzantium, Constantinople or Ravenna, Byzantine period, 6th century. Marble; overall: 101 x 169.5 x 25.5 cm (39 3/4 x 66 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1948.25
title: Altar Front
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creation date: c. 540–600
creation date earliest: 540
creation date latest: 600
current location: 105 Byzantine
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: early Byzantium, Constantinople or Ravenna, Byzantine period, 6th century
technique: marble
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 101 x 169.5 x 25.5 cm (39 3/4 x 66 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
opening date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Originally from S. Carlino (formerly S. Fabiano and S. Sebastiano), Ravenna
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Villa Lovatelli near Ravenna
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Villa Landau near Florence, Finaly Collection
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(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1948
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1948-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Miner, Dorothy Eugenia. Studies in Art and Literature for Belle Da Costa Greene. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1954.
page number: pp 132-142
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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. 83
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n29
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. 37
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n61
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. 37
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n59
Brandenburg, Hugo. "Ein frühchristliches Relief in Berlin: Taf. 66-80". Mitteilungen des deutschen archaeologischen Instituts roemische Abteilung, Band 79 (1972)
page number: pp. 126-128, plate 79
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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. 38
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n58
Klein, Holger. "Himmlische Schatze: Eine internationale Ausstellung in den USA und Großbritanien widmet sich der Geschichte christlicher Reliquien und Reliquiare von der Spätantike bis zur frühen Neuzeit" Das Münster 63 (2010)
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Bagnoli, Martina. Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2010.
page number: No. 17, pp. 17-18
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Markiewicz, Philippe. "Reliques et Reliquaires: Une Approche Chretienne du Sacre" Arts Sacrés No. 13, (Sept/Oct 2011)
page number: pp. 48-53
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Fliegel, Stephen N., and Stephen N. Fliegel. A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.
page number: p. 19
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Jäggi, Carola. Ravenna: Kunst und Kultur einer spätantiken Residenzstadt : die Bauten und Mosaiken des 5. und 6. Jahrhunderts. 2013.
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Pentcheva, Bissera V. Hagia Sophia: Sound, Space, and Spirit in Byzantium. University Park: PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017.
page number: Reproduced: p. 53, fig. 23; p. 54, fig . 24
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Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 6-9; Reproduced: p. 7
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