id:			147050
accession number:	1972.72
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.72
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:59.183000

Dancing Dwarf, 100 BC-AD 100. Italy (?), Roman, 1st Century BC-1st Century. Bronze; overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Purchase Fund by Exchange 1972.72

title:				Dancing Dwarf
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			100 BC-AD 100
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		100
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Sundry Purchase Fund by Exchange
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy (?), Roman, 1st Century BC-1st Century
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

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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:		Ancient Art of Greece and Rome
	opening date:   1979-09-16T04:00:00
	<i>Ancient Art of Greece and Rome</i>. Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (organizer) (September 16-December 29, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Allentown Art Museum, September 16-December 29, 1979, "Aspects of Ancient Greece," 223-23.

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
	date: 1972-
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact:
People with dwarfism were favorite subjects in Hellenistic art, and then became popular in the Roman Empire.

digital description:
This small, bearded figure wears a twisted sash around his hips and has an exaggerated phallus. He stands with his left arm raised and his right arm on his waist. His left hand is missing but could have once held<em> krotala</em> (ancient clapper-like instruments), as other examples of dancing dwarves hold. People with dwarfism in art are typically rendered with a large head, widely spaced eyes, sharply raised eyebrows, and a depressed nasal bridge, all seen on this figure. This object may have been used as an apotropaic, or protective, amulet to ward off evil.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Allentown Art Museum, Gloria Ferrari, and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway. <em>Aspects of Ancient Greece: An Exhibition Organized by the Allentown Art Museum with the Cooperation of Gloria Ferrari Pinney and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway ... Allentown Art Museum, September 16 Through December 30, 1979.</em> [Allentown, Pa.]: The Museum, 1979.
	page number: 	Pp. 222-3, cat. 108.
	url:		

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (1973): 63–115.
	page number: 	Pp. 67 (ill.), 102, no. 2.
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

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IMAGES

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