Object Title
Griffin Protome
Measurements
13.4 x 5.4 cm
Creation Date
mid 7th Century BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/17619/griffin-protome?ctx=1d6acd3ea657d90cb44ed2e1514abcccb2a8540d&idx=1
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Germany, before 1950. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Ingrid (1939-2018) and Bruce McAlpine [McAlpine Ancient Art Ltd.], London, England.
Exhibition Information
An Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - January 1997;
The Fire of Hephaistos, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, February 20 - April 25, 1997;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 1997 - 1999;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 2000 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2011;
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 20, 2011 - June 5, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - January 1997;
The Fire of Hephaistos, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, February 20 - April 25, 1997;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 1997 - 1999;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 2000 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2011;
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 20, 2011 - June 5, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 52.;
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (2005): 13-17.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 45.
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (2005): 13-17.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 45.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by Museum in 1986.