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Overview
This bronze doorknocker is catalogued as Venetian, from the mid-sixteenth century. Coiling snakes frame a grimacing Gorgon head. Cleveland interprets the imagery as likely protective, connecting a practical palace-door fitting with classical traditions of averting evil.
The provenance records Robert Mayer, Vienna, selling through Paul Drey Gallery, New York, to Cleveland in 1972. The maker and original building are unrecorded.
History & identity
Maker unrecorded.
Sources & representation
Complete institutional record and native photograph.
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Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Doorknocker with Gorgon Head (1972.1)
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- Primary institutional object recordDoorknocker with Gorgon Head — Cleveland Museum of Art 1972.1Research access: 2026-10-21
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