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Vessel Ornament of Reclining Lyre-player

probably 400–375 BC

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

Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC

Bronze with gilding traces

Overall: 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Ernest Brummer 1986.185

Location

102D Pre-Roman

Fun Fact

This reclining figure is a musician holding a lyre, a precursor to the harp.

Provenance
?-1908
Collection of the Marchese di Riofreddo e Gagliardi
?-1943
William R. Hearst, sold to Brummer Gallery
1943-1949
Brummer Galleyr, New York, NY, sold to H.K. Montif
1949-
H.K. Montif
?-1986
Ella Bache Brummer Collection, New York, NY, 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
GALERIE SPINK (Zurich). The Ernest Brummer Collection: Galerie Spink, Zürich. London: Spink and Son, 1979. p. 25
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. 17 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/1986.185