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Source Description
The panther, based on an ancient model, was very popular as a small-scale bronze cor the collector. The lost ancient prototype was from a sculpture group in which a team of harnessed panthers drew the chariot of Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, on his triumphal progress through North Africa and east to India, spreading the knowledge of growing grapes for wine.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23823
label
Female Panther
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23823
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Female Panther
description
The panther, based on an ancient model, was very popular as a small-scale bronze cor the collector. The lost ancient prototype was from a sculpture group in which a team of harnessed panthers drew the chariot of Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, on his triumphal progress through North Africa and east to India, spreading the knowledge of growing grapes for wine.
provenance
Emily Ridgway, Marquise de Ganay, Paris, before 1909, by purchase; Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 8, 1922, no. 79; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1500 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
statuettes (statues)
figurines
bronzes
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.8
height
15.5
depth
7
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/4 × W: 6 1/8 × D: 2 3/4 in. (10.8 × 15.5 × 7 cm)
Source extras
med
bronze
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
REN
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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