id: 140079
accession number: 1963.92
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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
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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
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culture: Italy, Ravenna, 16th century
technique: bronze
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Severo da Ravenna (Italian, c.1496-c.1543) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.)
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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).
title: Italian Renaissance Works of Art
opening date: 1968-05-03T04:00:00
Italian Renaissance Works of Art. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (organizer) (May 3-June 9, 1968).
title: The Triumph of Humanism
opening date: 1977-10-22T04:00:00
The Triumph of Humanism. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 22, 1977-January 9, 1978).
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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)
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PROVENANCE
Probably Catalina von Pannwitz, 1876-1959 (Bennebroek, Netherlands), by 1925.
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Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1963
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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.
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RELATED WORKS
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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
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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