id: 148336
accession number: 1975.6
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updated: 2024-04-23 11:00:37.424000
Fragment with Satyr and Maenad, 300s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Undyed linen and dyed wool; plain weave ground with tapestry weave; overall: 139 x 86.4 cm (54 3/4 x 34 in.); mounted: 153.6 x 100.4 x 3.9 cm (60 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.6
title: Fragment with Satyr and Maenad
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creation date: 300s CE
creation date earliest: 300
creation date latest: 399
current location: 003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Egypt, Byzantine period
technique: undyed linen and dyed wool; plain weave ground with tapestry weave
department: Textiles
collection: T - Coptic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 139 x 86.4 cm (54 3/4 x 34 in.); Mounted: 153.6 x 100.4 x 3.9 cm (60 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
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inscription: the satyr is identified by an inscription above his head.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, 3rd - 7th Century
opening date: 1977-11-18T05:00:00
The Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, 3rd - 7th Century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 18, 1977-February 12, 1978).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008).
title: Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity
opening date: 2016-02-25T00:00:00
Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).
title: Africa & Byzantium
opening date: 2023-11-13T05:00:00
Africa & Byzantium. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 14, 2023-March 3, 2024); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (April 14-July 21, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Late antique and Early Christian Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (November 18, 1977-February 12, 1978).', 'opening_date': '1977-11-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 13-August 8, 2001); (February 4-August 5, 2002); (February 3-August 4, 2003); (February 3-August 11, 2004)', 'opening_date': '2001-02-13T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Gallery 106 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 13, 2010-April 1, 2011); (September 14, 2011-March 26, 2012); (March 18-September 23, 2013); (March 17-September 22, 2014); (March 2-September 8, 2015); (May 1-October 30, 2017); (April 30-October 29, 2018); (April 29-August 9, 2019); (January 23, 2020-).', 'opening_date': '2013-03-18T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Nicolas Koutoulakis, Conches-Geneva, Switzerland).
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Thomas, Thelma K., Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams. Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. 2016.
page number: 26
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Susan MacMillan Arensberg. "Dionysos: A Late Antique Tapestry." Boston Museum Bulletin 75 (1977):
page number: p. 4-25
url: www.jstor.org/stable/4171613.
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Late Classical Tapestry." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63, no. 10 (1976):
page number: p. 307-13, fig. 1, 3, 9, cover illus
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25152664.
Weitzmann, Kurt. "The Late Roman World." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35, no. 2 (1977): 2-96.
page number: p. 24, no. 2, color p. 25
url: doi:10.2307/3259887.
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. 36
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n56
Weitzmann, Kurt. Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century : Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 19, 1977, Through February 12, 1978. New York: The Metropolitan Museum, 1979.
page number: p. 144-46, no. 124, illus p. 145
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Rutschowscaya, Marie-Hélène. Coptic Fabrics. Paris, France: Adam Biro, 1990.
page number: p. 87
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 13
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n28
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 40-41, no. 3
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Thomas, Thelma K. "Material Meaning in Late Antiquity." In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 26, fig. 1-1.5
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Achi, Andrea Myers, et al. Africa and Byzantium. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 42, no. 3
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