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Two Priestesses of Apollo
(Renaissance Europe )
One priestess is seated on a bench, her upper body sharply twisted to the left, as she plays a large lyre resting on the bench. The other stands in the right background, grasping a coiled serpent with open jaws. A large buckler rests on the ground in front.
The source of the design may possibly have been a drawing or a painting inspired by a Roman mural rediscovered in the "grotte" of Rome.
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.
Sale, Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome, April 21, 1902 (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 5/8 x W: 1 5/16 in. (4.2 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1902 (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
44.139