The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Writing Casket

c. 1525

workshop of Severo da Ravenna

(Italian, c.1496-c.1543)
Italy, Ravenna, 16th century
bronze
Overall: 16 x 21.3 x 14 cm (6 5/16 x 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1941.63
Location: Not on view

Description

The interior is divided into four compartments for storing writing implements and sand for blotting.
  • Hermann Goldschmidt (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.
  • Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 126, fig. 136 www.jstor.org
  • The Triumph of Humanism. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 22, 1977-January 9, 1978).
  • {{cite web|title=Writing Casket|url=false|author=Severo da Ravenna|year=c. 1525|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.63