id: 141652
accession number: 1965.242
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.242
updated: 2025-03-07 12:09:34.010000
Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. 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
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: 33.4 x 21 x 11.5 cm (13 1/8 x 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 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: Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture
opening date: 2006-09-26T00:00:00
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 26, 2006-February 19, 2007).
---
LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Metropolitan Museum of Art (9/26/2006 - 2/19/2007): "Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture"', 'opening_date': '2006-09-26T00:00:00'}
---
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).
date:
footnotes:
citations:
---
fun fact:
digital description:
wall description:
---
RELATED WORKS
id: 141653
Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Woman, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 33.4 x 18.5 x 10.7 cm (13 1/8 x 7 5/16 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.243
relationship:
id: 141654
Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Woman, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 31.5 x 19 x 10.8 cm (12 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.244
relationship:
id: 141655
Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 35.2 x 21.5 x 12 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.245
relationship:
id: 141656
Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Woman, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 33.2 x 20 x 14 cm (13 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.246
relationship:
id: 141657
Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Man, 280–90 CE. Anatolia, late Roman-early Christian. Marble; overall: 33.5 x 20.1 x 10 cm (13 3/16 x 7 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1965.247
relationship:
---
CITATIONS
McColl, Donald Alexander. Early Christian Sculptures at Cleveland in Their Eastern Mediterranean Context. 1991.
page number:
url:
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
url:
Kitzinger, Ernst. 1978. "The Cleveland Marbles". I Monumenti Cristiani Preconstantiniani. 653-675.
page number:
url:
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
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. 299; IV.2.3: Portratbusten
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. 190-192; Reproduced: Textabb. 93
url:
Hornik, Heidi J. "Interpreting Select Early Sculptures Using Art-Historical Methodology." In Early Christians and Their Art, edited by Mikeal C. Parsons and Robin M. Jensen, 1-24. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2023.
page number: Mentioned: p. 4; Reproduced: p. 5, fig. 1.2
url:
---
IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.242/1965.242_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.242/1965.242_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.242/1965.242_full.tif