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Group of Silenos with Dionysus
mid 4th century BCE (Classical)
terracotta
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
This figurine represents a conflation of two well-known types representing a bearded Silenos with an infant Dionysos.
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.
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2003-2004 | Coming of Age in Ancient Greece. Hood Museum of Art, Hanover; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. |
| 1988-1989 | From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Measurements
5 1/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (12.9 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.302