Youth with Pig
The wreathed attendant (victimarius) leads the sacrificial pig presumably toward an altar. This section may have been part of a larger composition including a sacrificial ram and a bull known as a suovetaurilia (sus=pig, ovis=sheep, taurus=bull).
Sculpture
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id
27219
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contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William A. Allen, Philadelphia, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
0
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source
import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2429 |