Allegorical Group of Triumphant Ptolemy

Description Although the group seems to represent two wrestlers, the victor's diadem (headband) identifies him as a Ptolemaic king whose victim probably symbolizes unsuccessful Asian or native Egyptian resistance. The image of the triumphant king is inspired by a traditional Egyptian theme, but the naturalistic rendering of the bodies shows Greek influence. The interlocking figures and the pyramidal silhouette are distinctly Hellenistic.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/26/1976	Treatment	cleaned
3/08/1982	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
5/05/1988	Treatment	cleaned; loss compensation
8/21/1989	Examination	examined for condition
8/22/1989	Treatment	repaired
3/08/1994	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
3/11/2004	Loan Consideration	examined for loan
10/14/2005	Treatment	stabilized

Exhibitions

• From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
• Hellenistic Bronze Exchange with Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin. 1995-1996.
• Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung. Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main. 2005-2006.
• 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.
• Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World. 2016.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Kharbia, Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909