Object Title
Leda and the Swan
Measurements
85.1 x 27.9 x 18.4 cm
Creation Date
1st-2nd Century CE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/6677/leda-and-the-swan?ctx=db0ab156379cb15e037c337b1d0d9f0bde7f7112&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Paris, France, acquired 1950s, possibly in Tunisia. With Jean-Luc Chalmin, Zurich, Swizterland, from ca. 1984. Purchased by MCCM from Chalmin.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - September 8, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 24, 2014 - Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - September 8, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 24, 2014 - Present
Publication Information
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2000.
Robert H. Tykot, et al. "Analysis of Classical Marble Sculptures in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta," in ASMOSIA XI: Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, ed. Daniela Matetic Poljak and Katja Marasovic (Split: University of Split, 2018), 502, figure 5.
Robert H. Tykot, et al. "Analysis of Classical Marble Sculptures in the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta," in ASMOSIA XI: Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, ed. Daniela Matetic Poljak and Katja Marasovic (Split: University of Split, 2018), 502, figure 5.
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 1999.