Cleveland Museum Of Art Jonah Marbles

In 1965 the cleveland museum of art acquired a group of eleven late roman marble busts and statuettes now known as the jonah marbles.

Cleveland museum of art jonah marbles.

Author derek fincham posted on may 30 2012 categories repatriation tags cleveland museum of art cma jonah marbles turkey 2 comments on cleveland turkey and the belly of the whale search for. The jonah marbles are a group of early christian sculptures in the collection of the cleveland museum of art. Sacred gifts and worldly treasures. The face in medieval sculpture.

Medieval masterworks from the cleveland museum of art. Allegedly found buried together in a large pithos or jar the group consists of three nearly identical pairs of portrait busts of a roman aristocratic couple four small scale statuettes depicting central events of the old testament story of the prophet jonah. National museum of bavaria munich germany may 10 september 16 2007. Allegedly found together with the jonah marbles they may represent the christian patrons who commissioned the jonah cycle.

Sacred gifts and worldly treasures. Frist center for the visual arts nashville tn february 13 june 7 2009. Media in category jonah marbles the following 22 files are in this category out of 22 total. The cleveland museum of art organizer september 10 october 16 1966.

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