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Vessel Ornament of Reclining Flutist

probably 400-375 BC

This object has related works. See Vessel Ornament of Banqueter Holding an Omphalos; Vessel Ornament of Reclining Lyre-player; Vessel Ornament of Banqueter; Vessel Ornament of Banqueter

Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC

Bronze

Overall: 5.1 cm (2 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Ernest Brummer 1986.184

Location

102D Pre-Roman

Fun Fact

The figure holds an instrument with two pipes that connect to a mouthpiece.

Provenance
?-1908
Collection of the Marchese di Riofreddo e Gagliardi
?-1943
William R. Hearst, sold to Brummer Gallery
1943-1949
Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, sold to H.K. Monif
1949-?
H.K. Montif
?-1986
Ella Bache Brummer, 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
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. 16 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 6-June 11, 1989).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.184