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Procession of Twelve Gods and Goddesses

Greek (Artist)
1st century BCE-1st century CE (Hellenistic)
Pentelic marble
(Ancient Greece )

The figures from left to right are: Hestia (goddess of the hearth), with scepter; Hermes (messenger of the gods), with cap and staff; Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty), with veil; Ares (god of war), with helmet and spear; Demeter (goddess of agriculture), with scepter and wheat sheaf; Hephaestus (god of fire and metal-working), with staff; Hera (queen of the gods), with scepter; Poseidon (god of the sea), with trident; Athena (goddess of wisdom and the arts), with owl and helmet; Zeus (king of the gods), with thunderbolt and staff; Artemis (goddess of the hunt and moon), with bow and quiver; and Apollo (god of the sun), with "kithara."

Provenance
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Jakob Hirsch, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1988-1989 From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/9/1952 Treatment cleaned
1/1/1959 Treatment cleaned
6/21/1961 Treatment cleaned
7/20/1970 Treatment cleaned
9/25/1987 Technical Report other
10/13/1988 Treatment cleaned
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Italy, Taranto (Tarentum) (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

H: 15 1/16 x W: 47 1/8 x D: 2 3/16 in. (38.2 x 119.7 x 5.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

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23.40

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
  • Monday—Tuesday: Closed

Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

Phone

410-547-9000

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