id:			132045
accession number:	1954.600
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.600
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:33.546000

Casket, late 1300s. Italy, Siena(?). Painted and gilded gesso on wood; overall: 23.2 x 41.3 x 18.3 cm (9 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1954.600

title:				Casket
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creation date:			late 1300s
creation date earliest:		1375
creation date latest:		1399
current location:		110A Italian Gothic
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, Siena(?)
technique:	painted and gilded gesso on wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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measurements: Overall: 23.2 x 41.3 x 18.3 cm (9 1/8 x 16 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	according to a letter dated 4 November 1952 from Harold W. Parsons to William Milliken, Bossi claimed his father had "bought [the casket] in Siena from a convent."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 55
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n79

	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. 55
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n79

	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. 69
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n89

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.600/1954.600_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.600/1954.600_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.600/1954.600_full.tif