Provenance Information

Ex coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased July 1999.

Exhibition Information

Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

NA

Provenance Information

Ex coll. James and Elizabeth Ferrell, United States, purchased July 1999.

Exhibition Information

Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

NA

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Elisse Pogofsky-Harris (1941-2018), Ojai, California, said to have been purchased late 1950s-early 1960s. With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Kemah, Texas. With Jean David Cahn, Basil, Switzerland, July 7, 2003 - ca. January 2005.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Gifted to museum in 2004.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Elisse Pogofsky-Harris (1941-2018), Ojai, California, said to have been purchased late 1950s-early 1960s. With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Kemah, Texas. With Jean David Cahn, Basil, Switzerland, June 23, 2003 - December 8, 2004.

Exhibition Information

From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Gifted to museum in 2004.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 11, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present

Publication Information

Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 54.

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

Gifted to museum in 1999.

Provenance Information

Sale, J. Hirsch, Munich, May 11–13, 1911, lot 933. Sale, Adolph Hess Nachfolger, Frankfurt, November 28, 1912, lot 288. Sale , J. Schulman, Amsterdam, March 5, 1923, lot 1034 . Robert Jameson (1861–1942), London. Giuseppe Mazzini (1883–1961). Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906–-1979), probably Italy. Sale, Bank Leu, Zurich, April 23, 1980, lot 273. Sale, Stack’s, New York, December 9–10, 1992, lot 3024; sold to Herb Kreindler, New Jersey, December 9–10, 1992; sold to Ben Lee Damsky, 1992 (on loan as a promised gift to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008–23); given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

N/A

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Oberingenieur Jakob Muller-Binder, Zurich, Switzerland, descended to Mr. Dennis Muller (Early 1960s to 1989); Mr. Dennis Muller, Switzerland (1989 to at least 1996); F.A.C. Kunsthandel (Wolfgang Wilhelm), Frankfurt, Germany, sold to Mrs. Barbara S. Robinson (2007); Barbara S. Robinson, Cleveland, OH (2007-2023); gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2023)

Exhibition Information

Long-term loan to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2020-2023.

Publication Information

None

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The 2007 invoice from F.A.C. Kunsthandel states that the plaque was acquired in the early 1960s, though without further details regarding place or vendor. More than 5000 plaques of this type, mostly fragmentary, are housed in the museums of Reggio Calabria and Locri in South Italy, primarily from excavations of the sanctuary of Persephone at Locri Epizephirii carried out in the early twentieth century. But numerous examples reached other museums and the art market prior to these excavations, and without evidence contrary to that stated on the 2007 invoice, an informed judgment can be made that this plaque was likely out of its country of modern discovery prior to 1970. In addition, 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. This plaque is the only one of its type in the CMA collection.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Niklaus Durr (died 1983), Geneva, Switzerland, until 1975. Ex coll. Maurice Boss, Valais, Switzerland, acquired from Durr, 1975. Ex coll. Dr. Andre P. Lagneau, Neuchatel, Switzerland, acquired from Boss. With Christoph Leon, Basel, Switzerland, from at least 2000.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Gifted to museum in 2006.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Niklaus Durr (died 1983), Geneva, Switzerland, until 1975. Ex coll. Maurice Boss, Valais, Switzerland, acquired from Durr, 1975. Ex coll. Dr. Andre P. Lagneau, Neuchatel, Switzerland, acquired from Boss. With Christoph Leon, Basel, Switzerland, from at least 2000.

Exhibition Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Gifted to museum in 2006.

Provenance Information

June 1979, Private collection, Richmond, Virginia.; [1] Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia, June 17, 2020. [2]

[1] Private Collection of Bruce Young, Richmond, VA. In the object file, there is an appraisal from The Summa Galleries, Inc. dated June 22, 1979, to Mr. Young. It is possible that he purchased it directly from The Summa Galleries, Inc.

[2] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.

Exhibition Information

No information currently available.

Publication Information

No information currently available.

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

There was an understanding between the museum and donor prior to 2008, as asserted by both Mr. Young and curator at the time, Dr. Margaret Mayo, and as documented in museum records. VMFA undertook additional due diligence, with Mr. Young's permission, by contacting the Italian Ministry of Culture in September of 2019. VMFA sent the Ministry all available records and images on the known modern history of this object and asked if there might be further information on this object or if the museum should contact anyone else for further information. The museum received a response from the Italian Ministry of Culture in October of 2019, stating that the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale undertook an investigation and determined that they currently had no objections to the museum accepting this donation.