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accession number: 1974.86
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Boncompagni-Ludovisi-Ottoboni Marriage Casket, 1731. Italy, Rome. Silver, partially gilt, malachite, lapis lazuli, enamel; overall: 19.1 x 40.7 x 22.9 cm (7 1/2 x 16 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1974.86
title: Boncompagni-Ludovisi-Ottoboni Marriage Casket
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creation date: 1731
creation date earliest: 1731
creation date latest: 1731
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Italy, Rome
technique: silver, partially gilt, malachite, lapis lazuli, enamel
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Silver
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measurements: Overall: 19.1 x 40.7 x 22.9 cm (7 1/2 x 16 x 9 in.)
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inscription: engraved arms of Boncompagni-Ludovisi and Boncompagni-Ludovisi-Ottoboni families. (Probably made in honor of wedding of Maria Francesca Ottoboni and Pier Gregorio Boncompagni-Ludovisi.)
Inscribed on the lid's central cartouche: AMOR / GIGNIT AMOREM / ROMAE MDCCXXXI
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1974
opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection
opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00
All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
title: Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco
opening date: 1999-03-10T00:00:00
Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco. Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York, NY (organizer) (March 10-June 13, 1999); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (July 21-October 3, 1999).
title: Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe
opening date: 2008-07-01T00:00:00
Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (July 1-September 21, 2008).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco. The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, 10 March-13 June, 1999; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 21 July-3 October, 1999. Exh. cat. edited by Stefanie Walker and Frederick Hammond (New York, Yale University Press), exh. cat. no. 25, p. 146', 'opening_date': '1999-03-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (7/1/2008 - 9/21/2008): "Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe"', 'opening_date': '2008-07-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740); his niece Maria Francesca Ottoboni and her husband, Pier Gregorio Boncompagni-Ludovisi, in 1731.
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 62–102.
page number: Reproduced: p. 75; mentioned: p. 98, no. 37
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580
Hawley, Henry H. “The Boncompagni-Ludovisi-Ottoboni Casket.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 7 (September 1975): 219–228.
page number: Reproduced: p. 218, 220-224, cover; Mentioned: p. 219-228
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152597
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 140
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n160
Walker, Stefanie, and Frederick Hammond, eds. Life and the Arts in the Baroque Palaces of Rome: Ambiente Barocco. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
page number: mentioned P 146, cat. no. 25
url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=40267421
Olszewski, Edward J. "The Enlightened Patronage of Cardinal Pietro Ottobini (1667-1740)." Artibus et Historiae 23, no. 45 (2002): 139-165.
page number: mentioned P 155
url: www.jstor.org/stable/1483685
Olszewski, Edward J. “Liturgical Silver Commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740).” Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 8 (2003): 96–119.
page number: Mentioned: p. 109-113; reproduced: p. 96, fig.1, p. 110-112, fig. 17-20
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20079733
Olszewski, Edward J. The Inventory of Paintings of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740). New York: Peter Lang, 2004.
page number: mentioned P 302
url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=51264105
Olszewski, Edward J. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667-1740) and the Vatican Tomb of Pope Alexander VIII. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2004.
page number: mentioned P 57
url: http://library.clevelandart.org/opac/?func=find-b&find_code=OCL&submit=Search&request=56014539
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