id:			148007
accession number:	1974.99
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.99
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:36.824000

Basilisk, 1100s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century. Compound twill weave, silk; overall: 34.6 x 26.4 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.); mounted: 44.5 x 35.6 cm (17 1/2 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1974.99

title:				Basilisk
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century
technique:	compound twill weave, silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 34.6 x 26.4 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.); Mounted: 44.5 x 35.6 cm (17 1/2 x 14 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 105 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 20, 2010-June 13, 2011).', 'opening_date': '2010-05-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	at one time in the church of St. Omer, France
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	(Dr. Lucien Duriez, Neuchatel, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1974
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974–
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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. 44
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n64

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.99/1974.99_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.99/1974.99_full.tif