Object Title
Head of Apollo
Measurements
21 x 19 cm (8 ¼ x 7 ½ in.)
Creation Date
1–200 CE
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family
Museum Contact
classicalart@clevelandart.org
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.108
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Created before 313 CE (year of the Edict of Milan)
Provenance Information
Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Barbara S. Robinson (2003); Barbara S. Robinson, Cleveland, OH (2003–2023), gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2023)
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
None
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
An exception to 1970 can be made for this object because it was expected as a gift or bequest prior to 2008. This is confirmed by a letter from the attorney of Barbara S. Robinson (now in museum files) attesting to Mrs. Robinson’s intent, memorialized in estate planning documents by 2007, to donate her collection of antiquities to the Cleveland Museum of Art following her death. The head adds to the CMA collection of Roman marble idealized sculpture.