id:			141652
accession number:	1965.242
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2019-10-24 08:00:35.180000

Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man, 280-290. Later Roman, Asia Minor, early Christian period, 3rd century. Marble; overall: 33.4 x 21 x 11.5 cm (13 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1965.242

title:				Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man
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creation date:			280-290
creation date earliest:		280
creation date latest:		290
current location:		104 Late Antiquity
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	later Roman, Asia Minor, early Christian period, 3rd century
technique:	marble
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Early Christian
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 33.4 x 21 x 11.5 cm (13 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture
	opening date:   2006-09-26T00:00:00
	<i>Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (September 26, 2006-February 19, 2007).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/26/2006 - 2/19/2007):  "Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture"

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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.  (J. J. Klejman, New York).
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These three pairs of marble portrait busts depict an aristocratic Roman couple. They are unique in representing the same couple three times with only minor variations in costume. Allegedly found together with the Jonah Marbles, they may represent the Christian patrons who commissioned the Jonah cycle.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	McColl, Donald Alexander. Early Christian Sculptures at Cleveland in Their Eastern Mediterranean Context. 1991.
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	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: 	407-411
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	Kitzinger, Ernst. 1978. "The Cleveland Marbles". I Monumenti Cristiani Preconstantiniani. 653-675.
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	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. iv, v; Reproduced:84, fig. 1; 119; fig. 36
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	Rumscheid, Frank, Sabine Schrenk and Kornelia Kressirer. <em>Göttliche Ungerechtigkeit?: Strafen und Glaubensprüfungen als Themen antiker und frühchristlicher Kunst. </em>Petersberg: Dr. M. Imhof, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 299; IV.2.3: Portratbusten
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