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Creative Commons License
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Wolf with Prey
9th-8th century BCE (Geometric)
bronze
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
Animals were a popular motif in the Geometric period. The image of a wild animal capturing a domestic one, such as a wolf seizing a lamb from the flock, is a typical late Geometric theme.
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.
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.
Elie Borowski, Basel, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1955, by puchase.
Exhibitions
| 1993 | From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer. Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia. |
Geographies
Greece, Peloponnese (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1955
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.
54.2413