The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Writing Casket (lid)

c. 1525

workshop of Severo da Ravenna

(Italian, c.1496-c.1543)
Italy, Ravenna, 16th century
bronze
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1941.63.b
Location: Not on view

Description

The interior is divided into four compartments for storing writing implements and sand for blotting.
  • (Hermann Goldschmidt, London).
  • 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
  • {{cite web|title=Writing Casket (lid)|url=false|author=Severo da Ravenna|year=c. 1525|access-date=25 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

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