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Vessel Ornament of Reclining Lyre-player

probably 400–375 BC

Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC

Bronze with gilding traces

Overall: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Ernest Brummer 1986.185

Location

102D Pre-Roman

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This reclining figure is a musician holding a lyre, a precursor to the harp.

Provenance

?-1908

Collection of the Marchese di Riofreddo e Gagliardi

?-1943

William R. Hearst, sold to Brummer Gallery

1943-1949

Brummer Galleyr, New York, NY, sold to H.K. Montif

1949-

H.K. Montif

?-1986

Ella Bache Brummer Collection, New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1986

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Casa di Vendite Jandolo et Tavazzi (Rom). Catalogo delle pregevoli collezioni di oggetti d'arte e mobili antichi, spettanti al Signor Marchese di Rioffreddo ed ai Signori Gagliardi di Firenze. [1], [1]. 1908. No. 517

The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N5415 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org

Galerie Koller Zürich. The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol I: Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art. 1979. No. 547E, cat: 95-97

GALERIE SPINK (Zurich). The Ernest Brummer Collection: Galerie Spink, Zürich. London: Spink and Son, 1979. p. 25

Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1986." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (1987): 38-79. Cat No. 17 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989).

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Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC

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