id: 133163
accession number: 1955.555
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Celtic Head, 100–300 CE. Northern England (Romano-British), Migration period, 2nd-3rd centuries. Sandstone with traces of original red paint; overall: 30 x 31 x 24 cm (11 13/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch 1955.555
title: Celtic Head
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creation date: 100–300 CE
creation date earliest: 100
creation date latest: 300
current location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch
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culture: Northern England (Romano-British), Migration period, 2nd-3rd centuries
technique: sandstone with traces of original red paint
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Migration Period
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 30 x 31 x 24 cm (11 13/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Paths of Abstract Art
opening date: 1960-10-05T04:00:00
Paths of Abstract Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture
opening date: 2006-09-26T00:00:00
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 26, 2006-February 19, 2007).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/26/2006 - 2/19/2007): "Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture"', 'opening_date': '2006-09-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Walter Carl, Frankfurt-am-Main, c. 1904-1919; Rothschild (?); (Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, c. 1945-1955).
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RELATED WORKS
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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. 89
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n30
Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward B. Henning. Paths of Abstract Art. Cleveland, OH: H.N. Abrams, 1960.
page number: Reproduced: fig 5, p. 8; mentioned: fig. 5, pp. 5,19
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Fliegel, Stephen. "A Little-Known Celtic Stone Head." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 3 (1990): 82-103.
page number: Reproduced: cover, p. 83-85; Mentioned: p. 82-103
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160110
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 14
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n29
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 94-95, no. 27
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Franklin, David. The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 18 - 19
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Williamson, Paul. The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. London: Thames & Hudson, 2018.
page number: CMA Mentioned: p. 15
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