Jonah Under the Gourd Vine
AD 280–90
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Jonah Under the Gourd Vine, AD 280–90. Late Roman, Asia Minor, early Christian period, 3rd century. Marble; overall: 32.3 x 46.3 x 18 cm (12 11/16 x 18 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1965.239 The sculpture shows the dramatic moment when the Jonah, having languished in the desert, is saved by the shade of a gourd vine. The sculptor paid great attention to detail such as Jonah's bushy beard echoing the large leaves overhead.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- marble
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32.3 x 46.3 x 18 cm (12 11/16 x 18 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1965.239
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions, When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Byzantium, 330-1453, Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007) and the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"<br>Royal Academy of Art, London (10/25/2008 - 3/22/2009): "Byzantium, 330-1453", ex. cat. no. 2, p. 53.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 104 Late Antiquity
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