id:			157573
accession number:	1995.10
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.10
updated:		2023-08-23 23:22:59.474000

Tripod Base, 100–1 BC. Italy, Roman, 1st Century BC. Bronze; overall: 77 x 32.3 x 28 cm (30 5/16 x 12 11/16 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Given in honor of Arthur Fleischman by his parents, Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman 1995.10

title:				Tripod Base
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creation date:			100–1 BC
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		-1
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Given in honor of Arthur Fleischman by his parents, Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
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culture:	Italy, Roman, 1st Century BC
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 77 x 32.3 x 28 cm (30 5/16 x 12 11/16 x 11 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Malibu, CA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, October 13, 1994 - January 15, 1995: "A Passion for Antiquities: Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman," cat. no. 139B, p. 275, repr. color, p. 276, b &amp; w, p. 277.<br>Also to : CMA, February 15 - April 23, 1995.  Given following CMA venue

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
This elaborate base may have originally supported an ornate lamp (not the statuette now displayed atop it).

digital description:
This unusual tripod base features three clawed feet, an abundance of vegetal ornament, and three different figural scenes in low relief. Two seem to show sanctuary settings: first, a small Archaistic statue of Athena flanked by a woman with small offerings and a man holding a kid and leading two goats; and second, a small youthful male statue behind two beardless figures—perhaps Apollo, with a stag, and Dionysos, holding a <em>thyrsos</em>. The third scene shows Herakles, holding a club while leading a woman, maybe Auge or Alcestis. Although perhaps similarly eclectic in style, the base and the sculpture it now supports differ in their alloys and patinas.

wall description:
The bronze figure of Dionysos, the god of wine, the theater, and the mysteries, is presented in a style recalling Archaic Greek art, most noticeably in the stiff pose and trimmed beard. The disk attached at the top of the head suggests that this figure was once part of an ornate piece of furniture. The base was not originally designed to support the figure.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		159298
	Statuette of Dionysos, 50 BC-AD 50. Italy, Roman, 1st Century BC-1st Century. Bronze and silver and traces of gilding, hollow cast; overall: 39.7 x 17.8 x 16.1 cm (15 5/8 x 7 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Given in honor of Arthur Fleischman by his parents, Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman 1995.9
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CITATIONS

	J. Paul Getty Museum, and Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>A Passion for Antiquities: Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman.</em> Malibu, Calif: J. Paul Getty Museum in association with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
	page number: 	Pp. 275-277, cat. 139B.
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IMAGES

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