id: 141651
accession number: 1965.241
share license status: CC0
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updated: 2024-04-13 11:22:53.314000
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
title: The Good Shepherd
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creation date: 280–90 CE
creation date earliest: 280
creation date latest: 290
current location: 104 Late Antiquity
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian
technique: marble
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Early Christian
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 49.5 x 26 x 16.2 cm (19 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
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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. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
title: Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art
opening date: 2007-11-18T00:00:00
Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (November 18, 2007-March 30, 2008).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (11/18/2007 - 3/30/2008): "Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art", ex. cat. no. 21, p. 190-191.', 'opening_date': '2007-11-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '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': '2009-02-13T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
According to William Wixom, an unconfirmed report tells us that the entire group (1965.237-1965.247) was found in a single, huge pithos or jar.
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(J. J. Klejman, New York)
date: -1965
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1965-
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RELATED WORKS
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relationship:
id: 141645
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relationship:
id: 141643
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relationship:
id: 141644
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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. 36
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n60
“Early Christian Sculptures at Cleveland.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 3 (March 1967): 67–88.
page number: Reproduced: Cover, p. 77, 86; Mentioned: p. 75, 77, figs. 23, 24
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152146
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. 36
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n58
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Margaret English Frazer, and Kurt Weitzmann. Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art Third to Seventh Century. New York: The Museum, 1977.
page number: Mentioned: p. 407-411
url:
Weitzmann, Kurt, and Margaret English Frazer. Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art Third to Seventh Century ; Based on the Catalogue to the Exhibition "Age of Spirituality", Metropolitan Museum New York, 1977. [New York, NY]: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977.
page number: pp. 406-411
url: https://books.google.com/books?id=efLuB7QPDm8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=cleveland&f=false
Kitzinger, Ernst. 1978. "The Cleveland Marbles". I Monumenti Cristiani Preconstantiniani.
page number: Mentioned: p. 653-675
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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. 34
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n54
McColl, Donald Alexander. Early Christian Sculptures at Cleveland in Their Eastern Mediterranean Context. 1991.
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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
Lehman, Karen M. "Sacred and Profane Hellenizing Marbles of the Late Third Century Roman Empire: Secular Portraits and Religious Narrative Sculptures in the Cleveland Museum of Art Reviewed in the Cultural Context." M.A. thesis, Kent State University, 2004.
page number: Mentioned: p. v; Reproduced: p. 105; fig, 22
url:
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. 34-37, no. 1
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Franklin, David. The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20 - 21
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 261
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Hornik, Heidi J. "Freestanding Sculpture." In The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art.Jensen, Robin Margaret Jensen and Mark D. Ellison, editors. Abingdon Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 76. fig. 5.5
url:
Rumscheid, Frank, Sabine Schrenk and Kornelia Kressirer. Göttliche Ungerechtigkeit?: Strafen und Glaubensprüfungen als Themen antiker und frühchristlicher Kunst. Petersberg: Dr. M. Imhof, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 305; IV.2.3; Abb. 15
url:
Morgan, Faith Pennick. Dress and Personal Appearance in Late Antiquity: The Clothing of the Middle and Lower Classes. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018, 145-146.
page number: Reproduced and mentioned: pp. 145-146, fig. 175
url:
Walker, Alicia. "Iconomachy in Byzantium." In The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World. Melanie Gibson, editor. London: Gingko, 2019.
page number: Reproduced: p. 89, fig. 4; Mentioned: p. 90
url:
Bol, Peter, Carola Reinsberg, Renate Bol, D. Kreikenbom, Hans-Ulrich Cain, Heike Richter, and Britta Özen-Kleine. Plastik der römischen Kaiserzeit vom Regierungsantritt des Antoninus Pius bis zum Ende der Antike. Worms : Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbh, 2019.
page number: Mentioned: p. 189, 191, 193-5; Reproduced: Abb. 181 (bd.2)
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Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane, and Gabriele Finaldi. A Guide to Christian Art. 2020, 68.
page number: Reproduced: p. 68, fig. 7.
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Sánchez Galera, José María, and Gregorio Luri Medrano. La edad de las nueces: los niños en el Imperio Romano. Madrid : Ediciones Encuentro S.A., 2021.
page number: Reproduced: p. 282, fig. 38
url:
Becherer, Joseph Antenucci, and Henry Luttikhuizen. Christ Among Us: Sculptures of Jesus Across the History of Art. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2022.
page number: Mentioned: p. 19; reproduced: p. 18, 123, no.1
url:
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