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Amphora with Scenes of Dionysus
(Ancient Greece )
Dionysus is depicted on side A of this vase in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) alongside a satyr. On side B the god is again depicted, this time riding an ass with two satyrs.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/24/1962 | Treatment | repaired; loss compensation |
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 20 15/16 x Diam at mouth: 12 in. (53.2 x 30.5 cm); Circumference: 42 1/8 in. (107 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
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.
48.15