Hellenistic Ruler

Description This statue is characteristic of a portrait tradition of Alexander that was established during his life. The powerfully muscular physique with irregularly bulging contours suggests that the figure was created by Alexandrian craftsmen. The wax model for the figure was assembled from elements cast in different molds, resulting in the unusual proportions of the limbs.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
9/16/1959	Examination	examined for condition
8/03/1981	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
3/31/1982	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
10/20/1982	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
4/26/1988	Treatment	technical study; cleaned; stabilized; loss compensation
12/20/1988	Loan Consideration	examined for loan

Exhibitions

• The Search for Alexander. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 1980-1983.
• From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
• Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011.

Provenance Matossian [date and mode of acquisition unknown] by 1921; Lépine [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Maison Nadaud [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930