The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 3, 2023

The Imperial Eagle

c. AD 1–25

Italy, Rome, probably Augustan, early 1st Century

Cornelian intaglio

Diameter: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.13

Location

103 Roman

Fun Fact

This eagle holds a thunderbolt in its claws, alluding to Jupiter, the supreme Roman deity.

Citations
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 1 (1978): 2–42. See p. 38, no. 3. www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1977.13