Description
Elhafen depicted mythological scenes in many small ivory reliefs intended for domestic decoration. As with any work in ivory, the size of the tusk dictated this relief’s scale.
Provenance
Baron Guido von Conrad, Luxemburg; art market, Germany (sold, Lempertz, Cologne, June 3-9, 1958, lot no. 57, to a private collector; Private collector, sold, Weinmüller, Munich, October 5-6, 1960, lot no. 100, illus. pl. 63, to a private collector; Private collector, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co., London, April 1982, lot no. 264, illus., to David Carritt, Ltd.; David Carritt, Ltd. (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
Accession Number
1982.144
Medium
ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 12.4 x 3 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
