id:			147425
accession number:	1973.168
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.168
updated:		2023-09-21 11:51:04.754000

Philoctetes on the Island of Lemnos, c. 1510–1515. Workshop of Giovanni Maria Mosca (Italian, 1495/99–1574). Marble; overall: 29 x 23 x 8.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.168

title:				Philoctetes on the Island of Lemnos
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creation date:			c. 1510–1515
creation date earliest:		1505
creation date latest:		1520
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	marble
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Giovanni Maria Mosca (Italian, 1495/99–1574)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 29 x 23 x 8.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	title:		The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
	opening date:   1988-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly Walter Savage Landor, 1775-1864 (London, England), by gift to his brother, Henry Savage Landor
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	Possibly Henry Savage Landor
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	John Pope-Hennessy, 1913-1994 (New York, New York), sold to Rosenberg and Stiebel.
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	Rosenberg and Stiebel (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1973.
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wall description:
A snake bit the Greek warrior Philoctetes en route to the Trojan War. The stench of the infected wound led the ship’s crew to abandon him on the island of Lemnos, where he fans the agonizing injury with a bird’s wing. The warrior’s noble suffering in the face of tremendous pain would have been a classical model of stoic composure, highly valued in Renaissance court culture.
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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. 104
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n124

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IMAGES

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