id: 141654 accession number: 1965.244 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.244 updated: 2025-03-07 12:09:34.033000 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 title: Portrait Bust of an Aristocratic Woman 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: 31.5 x 19 x 10.8 cm (12 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 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: 141652 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 relationship: 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: 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: Mnetined: p. iv; Reproduced, 87, fig. 4 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. Abb. 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. 190-191, 193, 208; Reproduced: Textabb. 94, p. 190 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/1965.244/1965.244_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.244/1965.244_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.244/1965.244_full.tif