Detail View: The AMICA Library: Cista Handle: Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1945.13
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Etruscan
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italy
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century BC
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Title:
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Cista Handle: Sleep and Death Carrying off the Slain Sarpedon
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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early 4th Century BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-399
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Creation End Date:
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-366
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Materials and Techniques:
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bronze
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Dimensions:
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with base: 18.5cm x 18.3cm, without base: 14cm x 17.6cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1945.13
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1945.13.tif
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