Oval Relief depicting Theseus and Ariadne
This relief shows Theseus receiving a ball of thread from Ariadne. The thread would allow Theseus find his way out of the Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur, as he unwound it as he navigated his way through the maze thereby marking his route.
Sculpture
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id
7221
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_61.76_Fnt_NG_1772.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_61.76_Fnt_NG_1772.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_61.76_Fnt_NG_1772.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.76 |
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