The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 22, 2025
Writing Casket
c. 1525
workshop of Severo da Ravenna
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.a
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.
- Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).The Triumph of Humanism. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 22, 1977-January 9, 1978).CMA: Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, 1975, no.95
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.63.a