Object Title
Furniture Support in Shape of Marsyas
Measurements
39.1 x 16.2 cm
Creation Date
1st Century CE
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/14634/furniture-support-in-the-shape-of-a-hanging-marsyas?ctx=25b8f10b49256c95ac6babefda04c4eb22dc83be&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
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 - 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;
The Mediterranean Melting Pot: Commerce and Cultural Exchange in Antiquity, Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, September 9 - December 18, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 2012 - August 27, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - September 30, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 10, 2015 - November 3, 2016;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, January 10, 2017-Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 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;
The Mediterranean Melting Pot: Commerce and Cultural Exchange in Antiquity, Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, September 9 - December 18, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 2012 - August 27, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - September 30, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 10, 2015 - November 3, 2016;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, January 10, 2017-Present
Publication Information
Anne Weis, The Hanging Marsyas and Its Copies: Roman Innovations in Hellenistic Sculptural Tradition (Roma: G. Bretschneider, 1992), 124 and 197.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 70.;
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 Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 70.;
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (2005): 13-17.
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 1990.