Cleveland Museum Of Art Jonah Marbles

The jonah marbles are a group of early christian sculptures in the collection of the cleveland museum of art.

Cleveland museum of art jonah marbles.

Frist center for the visual arts nashville tn february 13 june 7 2009. The cleveland museum of art organizer september 10 october 16 1966. In 1965 the cleveland museum of art acquired a group of eleven late roman marble busts and statuettes now known as the jonah marbles. Paul getty museum los angeles ca october 30 2007 january 20 2008.

Medieval masterworks from the cleveland museum of art. The face in medieval sculpture. Allegedly found buried together in a large pithos or jar the group consists of three nearly identical pairs of portrait busts of a roman aristocratic couple four small scale statuettes depicting central events of the old testament story of the prophet jonah. Paul getty museum los angeles ca october 30 2007 january 20 2008.

Sacred gifts and worldly treasures. Medieval masterworks from the cleveland museum of art. National museum of bavaria munich germany may 10 september 16 2007. Allegedly found together with the jonah marbles they may represent the christian patrons who commissioned the jonah cycle.

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