id: 142385
accession number: 1966.20
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Portrait Head of C. Cornelius Gallus (?), c. 30 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE). Marble; overall: 39 x 22 x 22.6 cm (15 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1966.20
title: Portrait Head of C. Cornelius Gallus (?)
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creation date: c. 30 BCE
creation date earliest: -40
creation date latest: -20
current location: 103 Roman
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Roman empire (30 BCE–395 CE)
technique: marble
department: Greek and Roman Art
collection: GR - Roman
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 39 x 22 x 22.6 cm (15 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Egypt-Greece-Rome
opening date: 2005-11-26T00:00:00
Egypt-Greece-Rome. Städelsches Kunstinstitut im Städtischen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main, Franfurt am Main, Germany (organizer) (November 26, 2005-February 26, 2006).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, 10 September-16 October 1966, Golden Anniversary Acquisitions, cat.: CMA Bulletin 53, no. 7 (September 1966), no. 5, illus. p. 185', 'opening_date': '1966-09-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Das Stadel/Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (11/26/2005 - 2/26/2006): "Egypt-Greece-Rome"', 'opening_date': '2005-11-26T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Levi de Benzion, Paris
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Said to have been found in the western Delta between Damanhur and Benha. Formerly in the collection of Moîse Levi de Benzion, Paris. Purchased from Michel Abemayor, New York
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RELATED WORKS
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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. 24
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n48
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr1425
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." ARTNews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-44, 62-64.
page number: Mentioned: p. 32; Reproduced: p. 44
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"The Cleveland Museum of Art Golden Anniversary," Archaeology 19.4 (1966), pp. 277-283.
page number: Ill. on p. 278.
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Cooney, John D. "A Roman Imperial Head from Egypt." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 1 (1967): 17-21.
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url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152135.
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. 24
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n46
Grimm, G. "Zu Marcus Antonius und C. Cornelius Gallus," Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts 85 (1970), pp. 158-170.
page number: Abb. 1, 2, 4.
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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. 28
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n48
Vermeule, Cornelius C. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada. Malibu, Calif: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1981.
page number: P. 280, cat. 237.
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Kiss, Zsolt, and Maria M. Berger. Etudes sur le portrait impérial romain en Egypte. Varsovie: Editions scientifiques de Pologne, 1984.
page number: Pp. 45, 141 (figs. 76-77).
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Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page number: Reproduced: p.465; Mentioned: p. 465-6.
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Capasso, Mario, and Paolo Radiciotti. Il ritorno di Cornelio Gallo: il papiro di Qasr Ibrîm venticinque anni dopo. Napoli: Graus, 2003.
page number: P. 128, Tav. 12.
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Beck, Herbert, Peter Bol, and Maraike Bückling. Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung, (Exhib. cat.).Frankfurt: Das Städel, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, 2005.
page number: P. 710, cat. 321 (discussed and ill.).
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Hoffmann, Friedhelm, Martina Minas-Nerpel, and Stefan Pfeiffer. Die dreisprachige Stele des C. Cornelius Gallus: Übersetzung und Kommentar. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2009.
page number: Taf. IV-V.
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