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Ganymede
late 4th-mid 2nd century BCE
white marble
(Roman Empire )
(Roman Empire )
This statuette of Ganymede is carved in the round. There is an eagle's claw on the right side with prongs from attachment to the eagle on the right shoulder and back. The arms and legs are broken off.
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.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Asia Minor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
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.
23.153