id: 140079 accession number: 1963.92 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.92 updated: 2020-05-14 09:08:20.098000 Thetis Running, c. 1527. Workshop of Severo da Ravenna (Italian, c.1496-c.1543). Bronze; overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1963.92 title: Thetis Running title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1527 creation date earliest: 1522 creation date latest: 1532 current location: 117A Italian Renaissance creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Ravenna, 16th century technique: bronze department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Severo da Ravenna (Italian, c.1496-c.1543) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1963) opening date: 1963-11-26T05:00:00 Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 26, 1963-January 5, 1964). title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, "Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections," September 24, 1975 to November 16, 1975, cat. no. 81.

Vassar College Art Gallery, May 3 to June 9, 1968, "Exhibition in Honor of Leila Cook Barber."

Detroit Institute of Arts, "Decorative ARts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600, 1958, no. 255 (as Dancer) --- PROVENANCE Probably Catalina von Pannwitz, 1876-1959 (Bennebroek, Netherlands), by 1925. date: footnotes: citations: Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: The complex, corkscrew-like twist of the figure’s body around a central axis indicates that this work was meant to be seen and admired in the round. Producing a sculpture of a body in motion posed a challenge for Renaissance artists, and complex compositions like this were often adapted from prints and paintings. The pose of this bronze statuette may have been inspired by a print representing the Greek sea goddess Thetis. Thetis was courted by the gods Zeus (Jupiter) and Poseidon (Neptune), but was eventually married to the mortal Peleus; the Greek hero Achilles was their son. In the print, Thetis pours water from a jug held at her hip and her upraised foot rests on a large shell, both referencing her role as sea goddess. The statuette’s lack of identifying attributes encourages the viewer to focus instead on the figure’s graceful spiraling form, and the sculptor’s skill in creating a convincing sense of movement. wall description: Although she lacks any defining attributes, this statuette may represent the Greek sea goddess Thetis. The corkscrew-like twist of the body indicates that this work was meant to be viewed in the round and admired from multiple angles. The ambiguous identification would have made this statuette an object of intellectual interest for Renaissance collectors. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 93 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n117 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. 93 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n117 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. 105 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n125 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.92/1963.92_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.92/1963.92_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.92/1963.92_full.tif