Cista Handle: Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1945.13

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CMA_.1945.13

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Etruscan

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European; Southern European; Etruscan

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Italy

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Italy

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC

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Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Cista Handle: Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon

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Cista Handle: Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

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View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

early 4th Century BC

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early 4th Century BC

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-399

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-399

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-366

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-366

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

bronze

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bronze

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

with base: 18.5cm x 18.3cm, without base: 14cm x 17.6cm

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with base: 18.5cm x 18.3cm, without base: 14cm x 17.6cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1945.13

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1945.13

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The Etruscans, a mysterious people who lived in northern Italy, loved Greek mythology and used it as subject matter in their works of art.The two winged figures, Sleep and Death, bend respectfully and tenderly toward their burden---Zeus's son, 'godlike Sarpedon of the brazen helmet,' who died on the battlefield at Troy. According to Homer's Iliad, the young prince had led a band of warriors from Lycia (in southern Turkey) to help King Priam repulse the Greek attack. Apollo, at Zeus's request sent his winged messengers to gather the limp body, bathe and anoint it, and carry it home for burial.This bronze was once the handle of a large jewelry box called a cista.

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The Etruscans, a mysterious people who lived in northern Italy, loved Greek mythology and used it as subject matter in their works of art.The two winged figures, Sleep and Death, bend respectfully and tenderly toward their burden---Zeus's son, 'godlike Sarpedon of the brazen helmet,' who died on the battlefield at Troy. According to Homer's Iliad, the young prince had led a band of warriors from Lycia (in southern Turkey) to help King Priam repulse the Greek attack. Apollo, at Zeus's request sent his winged messengers to gather the limp body, bathe and anoint it, and carry it home for burial.This bronze was once the handle of a large jewelry box called a cista.

Context

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Cista Handle: Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon