id:			144280
accession number:	1969.118
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.118
updated:		2024-03-30 11:00:55.834000

Apis Bull, 400–100 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Serpentinite; overall: 53 x 19 x 59 cm (20 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1969.118

title:				Apis Bull
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creation date:			400–100 BCE
creation date earliest:		-400
creation date latest:		-100
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
technique:	serpentinite
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 53 x 19 x 59 cm (20 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		La gloire d'Alexandrie
	opening date:   1998-05-05T00:00:00
	<i>La gloire d'Alexandrie</i>. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (organizer) (May 5-July 26, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, 27 January-22 February 1970, The Year in Review for 1969, cat.: CMA Bulletin 57, no. 1 (January 1970), no. 2, back cover; CMA 1975, no. 77; Brooklyn/Detroit/Munich 1989, no. 105; CMA 1996 (not in catalogue); Paris 1998, p. 199, no. 144 (entry by Alain Charron)', 'opening_date': '1970-01-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Paris, France; Musée du Petit Palais. "La Gloire d\'Alexandrie" 5/5/98 - 7/26/98.', 'opening_date': '1998-05-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Marguerite Mallon, La Jaille, France
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1969.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (January 1970): 2–50.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Back cover; Mentioned: p. 44, no. 2
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152307

	Cooney, John D. “A Medley of Bulls.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 1 (January 1971): 10–19.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 17-18, fig. 12
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152357

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n26

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 466-7
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	Ghisellini, Elena. "Sull'so di Pietre Colorate Nell'egitto Tolemaico fra Tradizione e Innovazione." <em>Bollettino d'Arte </em>VII, no. 37-38 (January-June 2018): 5-26.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 16-17
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