id:			399499
accession number:	2021.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.3
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:12.979000

Gorgoneion Antefix (Ornamental Roof Tile), c. 500 BCE. Greek/South Italian, Taranto. Terracotta (mold-made); height: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2021.3

title:				Gorgoneion Antefix (Ornamental Roof Tile)
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creation date:			c. 500 BCE
creation date earliest:		-505
creation date latest:		-495
current location:		102D Pre-Roman
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Greek/South Italian, Taranto
technique:	Terracotta (mold-made)
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Greek
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: height: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, </em>Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (18 June-13 September 1960).', 'opening_date': '1960-06-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn, </em>Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, Switzerland (21 October-3 December 1967).', 'opening_date': '1967-10-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Götter, Menschen und Dämonen: Terrakotten aus Unteritalien, </em>Antikenmuseum Basel, Switzerland (16 April-20 August 1978).', 'opening_date': '1978-04-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Galerie Rhéa “Hallmark", </em>Galerie Rhéa, Brussels Ancient Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium (6-10 June 2012).', 'opening_date': '2012-06-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Galerie Rhéa “Hallmark", </em>Galerie Rhéa, TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands (Every March, 2012-2018).', 'opening_date': '2012-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Monnaies et Médailles S.A., Basel, Switzerland (also known as Münzen und Medaillen), sold to Prof. Dr. Hans Jucker.
	date: By 1953
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	Prof. Dr. Hans Jucker (1918-1984) and Dr. Ines Jucker (née Scherrer, 1922-2013), Bern Switzerland, sold to Michael G. Petropoulos.
	date: 1953-2011
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	Michael G. Petropoulos, owner of Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
	date: 2011-2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Münzen und Medaillen A.G. <em>Monnaies d'or gauloises, grecques, romaines et byzantines ; objets d'art grecs</em>. Basel: Münzen und Medaillen, 1953.
	page number: 	p. 29 and pl. XI, lot 299
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	Schefold, Karl. <em>Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst. Basel. Kunsthalle.</em> Catalogues. 1960-1961. Basel: B. Schwabe, 1960.
	page number: 	pp. 61, 230-231, no. V 275
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	Vereinigung der Freunde Antiker Kunst (Switzerland), and Zentralbibliothek Solothurn. <em>Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn: [Ausstellung] Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, 21. Oktober bis 3. Dezember 1967</em>. [Solothurn, Switzerland?]: [Zentralbibliothek?], 1967.
	page number: 	p. 137, no. 334
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	Herdejürgen, Helga. <em>Götter, Menschen und Dämonen: Terrakotten aus Unteritalien : [Sonderausstellung im Antikenmuseum Basel, 16 April bis 20. August 1978].</em> Basel: Archäologischer Verlag, in Kommission bei Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, 1978.
	page number: 	p. 89, no. C4
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	“<em>New on View</em>.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): Back cover.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
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