id: 130419 accession number: 1953.18 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.18 updated: 2019-06-27 08:06:46.528000 Nereid (Sea-Nymph) from a Hanging, late 300s - 400s. Egypt, Byzantine period, late 4th - 5th century. Slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave probably woven in a linen plain-weave ground; dyed wool, undyed linen; overall: 66.7 x 64.5 cm (26 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.); mounted: 76.8 x 75.6 x 2.9 cm (30 1/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.18 title: Nereid (Sea-Nymph) from a Hanging title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 300s - 400s creation date earliest: 375 creation date latest: 499 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Byzantine period, late 4th - 5th century technique: slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave probably woven in a linen plain-weave ground; dyed wool, undyed linen department: Textiles collection: T - Coptic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 66.7 x 64.5 cm (26 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.); Mounted: 76.8 x 75.6 x 2.9 cm (30 1/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, "Anatomy in Art" [May 8-June 6. 1960].
Essen, Villa Hügel, "Koptische Kunst,Christentum am Nil" [April 1-July 31, 1963]; Zürich, Kunsthaus [Oct. 31, 1963-Jan. 15, 1964].
Vienna, Akademie der bildenden Künste, "Früchristliche und koptische Kunst" [Feb. 15-May 15, 1964].
Pairs, Petit Palais, "L'art copte" [June 15-Sept. 15, 1964].
Tokyo (and Kyoto), Japan, Masterpieces of World Art from American Museums, From Ancient Egyptian to Contemporary Art: Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art [Sept. 11-Oct. 17, 1976]; Kyoto, The Kyoto National Museum [Nov. 2-Dec. 5, 1976]. (Japan, 1976), cat. no. 6, unnumbered page- text; color illus.- (unnumbered plate no. 1).
Textile Rotation 2: 10/23/01-10/27/02

Textiles Rotation (gallery 106): March 31, 2010 - April 1, 2011.
Textiles Rotation (gallery 106A): March 3, 2015 - April 11, 2016. --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This tapestry is renowned for the large sea-nymph, or nereid, woven with bright colors. The mythological nereid, composed of a naked female torso descending into a fish, holds a colored glass bowl. Only costly jewelry with large emeralds, sapphires, and pearls, a loosely draped shawl, and a brilliant halo adorn her. A vine of leaves and grapes inhabited by birds forms the border. The refined quality is not diminished by the permanent brown blemishes, identified as dormant mold spores, which were present when the tapestry was acquired in 1953. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 65 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n26 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. 30 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n54 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. 30 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n52 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. 36 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n56 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.18/1953.18_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.18/1953.18_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1953.18/1953.18_full.tif