id:			135578
accession number:	1959.123
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.123
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:45.885000

Alexander the Great on Horseback, 700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Dyed wool, undyed linen; plain weave and slit-tapestry weave; overall: 30.5 x 24.8 cm (12 x 9 3/4 in.); mounted: 41.9 x 36.8 cm (16 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1959.123

title:				Alexander the Great on Horseback
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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culture:	Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique:	dyed wool, undyed linen; plain weave and slit-tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 24.8 cm (12 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 41.9 x 36.8 cm (16 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	partial inscription in Greek above.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club
	opening date:   1984-11-21T05:00:00
	<i>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2004-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	S. E. L. "Year in Review." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 10 (1959): 210-31.
	page number: 	p. 213 illus
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25142366.

	Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Alexander: The Victorious Emperor." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 8 (1971): 244-50.
	page number: 	p. 244-50
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25152395.

	Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
	page number: 	p. 12
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	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 329, fig. 5
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

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