id: 141644 accession number: 1965.238 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.238 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:13.405000 Jonah Cast Up, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 41.5 x 36 x 18.5 cm (16 5/16 x 14 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1965.238 title: Jonah Cast Up title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 280–90 CE creation date earliest: 280 creation date latest: 290 current location: 104 Late Antiquity creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian technique: marble department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Early Christian type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 41.5 x 36 x 18.5 cm (16 5/16 x 14 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions opening date: 1966-09-10T04:00:00 Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966). 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). title: Byzantium, 330-1453 opening date: 2008-10-25T00:00:00 Byzantium, 330-1453. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (October 25, 2008-March 22, 2009). title: Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders opening date: 2019-07-07T04:00:00 Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 7-October 6, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE According to William Wixom, one unconfirmed report tells us that the entire group (1965.237-1965.247) was found in a single, huge pithos or jar. date: footnotes: citations: (J. J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1965 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1965- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 141651 The Good Shepherd, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, Late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 49.5 x 26 x 16.2 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1965.241 relationship: id: 141650 Jonah Praying, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 47.5 x 14.8 x 20.3 cm (18 11/16 x 5 13/16 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1965.240 relationship: id: 141645 Jonah Under the Gourd Vine, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 32.3 x 46.3 x 18 cm (12 11/16 x 18 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1965.239 relationship: id: 141643 Jonah Swallowed, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 50.4 x 15.5 x 26.9 cm (19 13/16 x 6 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. 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II of color plate section. url: Béthune, Sarah, and Paolo Tomassini. Fantastic beasts in antiquity: looking for the monster, discovering the human. 2021. page number: Reproduced and mentioned; pp. 155-156, fig. 2 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.238/1965.238_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.238/1965.238_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.238/1965.238_full.tif