Intaglio of a Circus with a Chariot Race

Description This intaglio depicts a chariot race held at a circus. Four quadrigae (four-horse chariots) are shown in profile to the right with the spina (the barrier in the middle of the circus) shown in the background.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection), 1942