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Altar with a Chariot, Driver, and Horses
The relief on this altar depicts a charioteer driving a chariot and horses (either two or more) galloping to the right. The scene closely resembles coins of Sicily during the Archaic period. The bottom and sides are open.
Provenance
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Jean P. Lambros, Athens, by 1912, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Hotel Drouot, June 17-19, 1912, lot 103, illus. [said to be from Locri, Italy]; Alphonse Kann, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P358]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Magna Graecia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 8 1/16 x 15 1/2 in. (20.5 x 39.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.314