The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 25, 2023

Cinerary Box

AD 1–100

Italy, Roman, 1st Century

Marble

Overall: 29 x 24 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.560

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The central rectangular plaque would have been inscribed with an epitaph, either painted or carved.

Citations
Eldridge, L. G. "Classical Marbles in the Museum: II." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 4 (1919): 72-75. Reproduced: p. 75; Mentioned: pp. 73-74 www.jstor.org
Schauenburg, Konrad. “Zu Zwei Sarkophagplatten Im J. Paul Getty Museum.” The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 2 (1975): 61–70. Ill. p. 70, Fig. 10. www.jstor.org
Neils, Jenifer. "The Orestes Sarcophagus and Other Classical Marbles." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71: 4 (1984). 102-13. Reproduced: pp 104-105, figs. 5-6 www.jstor.org
Sinn, Friederike. Stadtrömische Marmorurnen. Mainz am Rhein: P. von Zabern, 1987. Mentioned: pp. 112-113, no. 85. Ill. Taf. 25c-d.
Exhibition history

CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe."

Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.560