id:			130217
accession number:	1952.586
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.586
updated:		2025-07-02 07:19:10.728000

Key, 1–100 CE. Italy, Roman. Iron tang, bronze handle; overall: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1952.586

title:				Key
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creation date:			1–100 CE
creation date earliest:		1
creation date latest:		100
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, Roman
technique:	iron tang, bronze handle
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York, NY
	date: By 1913
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	Junius Spencer Morgan II (1867-1932), New York, NY
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	Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch (1874-1959), New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "Keys of Ancient Rome." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 9 (1993).
	page number: 	pp. 368-75
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161430

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