id:			146210
accession number:	1972.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.1
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:30.022000

Doorknocker with Gorgon Head, mid 1500s. Italy, Venice, mid-16th century. Bronze ; overall: 25.4 x 19.7 x 6.9 cm (10 x 7 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.1

title:				Doorknocker with Gorgon Head
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creation date:			mid 1500s
creation date earliest:		1535
creation date latest:		1565
current location:		118 Italian Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Venice, mid-16th century
technique:	bronze 
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 x 19.7 x 6.9 cm (10 x 7 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		The Triumph of Humanism
	opening date:   1977-10-22T04:00:00
	<i>The Triumph of Humanism</i>. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 22, 1977-January 9, 1978).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Mayer (Vienna, Austria), sold through the Paul Drey Gallery (New York, New York) to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 109
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n129

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