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Oval Relief depicting Theseus and Ariadne
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This relief shows Theseus receiving a ball of thread from Ariadne. The thread would allow Theseus find his way out of the Labyrinth after killing the Minotaur, as he unwound it as he navigated his way through the maze thereby marking his route.
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 x W: 8 5/16 in. (33 x 21.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 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.
61.76