Details
3916 in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1988, lot 116.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.
John W. Kluge (1914-2010), Charlottesville, VA, acquired from the above, 1989.
The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2004, lot 406.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above (Gods & Mortals, vol. II, 2004, no. 6; Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXI, 2010, no. 40).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2010.
Literature
C.C. Vermeule and J.M. Eisenberg, Catalogue of the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York and Boston, 1992, no. 89-42.
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, From Olympus to the Underworld, Ancient Bronzes from the John W. Kluge Collection, 26 March-23 June 1996.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA630).
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