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Female Panther
The panther, based on an ancient model, was very popular as a small-scale bronze cor the collector. The lost ancient prototype was from a sculpture group in which a team of harnessed panthers drew the chariot of Bacchus, god of wine and revelry, on his triumphal progress through North Africa and east to India, spreading the knowledge of growing grapes for wine.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Emily Ridgway, Marquise de Ganay, Paris, before 1909, by purchase; Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 8, 1922, no. 79; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Padua (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 1/4 × W: 6 1/8 × D: 2 3/4 in. (10.8 × 15.5 × 7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.38