Provenance Information

By 1947: Ex Mustaki Collection from Egypt, licensed (according to J. Ede, owner); 1988: Purchased by Broadbent; 2009: Purchased by M.E. Mayo, from Charles Ede, Ltd, London, Catalogue 181. (Accession Date: December 31, 2009)

Exhibition Information

The work has been on display at VMFA since December of 2010 in the Museum’s Greek, Roman & Hellenistic Galleries.

Publication Information

No information available.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

This work has provenance established to 1988, with a strong probability that it dates back to 1947, although the Museum is not able to verify that date. The addition of this work introduced a form and type of object new to the VMFA's collection of Egyptian art. VMFA decided to make an exception to the AAMD guidelines in order to bring this object into a free, publicly accessible, educational institution, where it could be studied, displayed, and publicized.

Provenance Information

With Elie Borowski, Archaeologie Classique et du Proche-Orient, Basel, Switzerland, by May 1970; sold to André Matton (1914–2012), Dannemoine par Tonnerre, Yonne, France, May, 13 1970 [see note 1]; by descent to his son, Patrick Matton, France; sold to Walter Banko Co., Ltd., Montreal, by November 2009; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2010

Note 1: Invoice, Elie Borowski Archaeologie Classique et du Proche-Orient, May 13, 1970, original in accession file

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

Klaus Fittschen, Prinzenbildnisse Antoninischer Zeit (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1999).;;Jock Reynolds, "Director's Report: July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2010): 12–13, ill.;;"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012).

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

With Christie's London, July 16, 1985, lot 463. With Antiquaria Gallery, London, England. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 6, 2006, lot 35.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Galleries, July-August 2007
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2007 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

Christie's London, Fine Antiquities (Tuesday 16 July 1985), 111, number 463.
Christoph Reusser, Der Fidestempel auf dem Kapitol in Rom und seine Ausstattung: ein Beitrag zu den Ausgrabungen an der Via del Mare und um das Kapital 1926-1943 (Roma: "L'Erma" Di Bretschneider, 1993), 104, note 61.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 6, 2006), 30-31, lot 35.
Bo Emerson, "A Herculean Try for Goddess," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 2, 2007.

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

Acquired by museum in 2007.

Provenance Information

Purchased by MCCM from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - September 30, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - March 14, 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - Present

Publication Information

Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XV (2004), 48, number 125.

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

Acquired by museum in 2004.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - September 30, 2014

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Gifted to museum in 2002.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. William Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 201

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

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

Gifted to museum in 1999.

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, Austria. Purchased by MCCM from Bruce McAlpine [McAlpine Ancient Art Ltd.], London, England.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 70.

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

Acquired by museum in 1993.

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, Northern Ireland. Purchased by MCCM from Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - May 20, 2016
Roman Myth and Myth-Making, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, September 17 - December 17, 2016

Publication Information

Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 66.

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

Acquired by museum in 1992.

Provenance Information

Said to be ex private collection, Germany, from before 1939. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Ingrid (1939-2018) and Bruce McAlpine [McAlpine Ancient Art Ltd.], London, England.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - March 1996;
Nike: Victory and Competition at the Ancient Greek Festival Games, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 30 - August 18, 1996;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, August 1996 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

"Emory Acquires a Worthy Symbol for the Olympics," The Atlanta Journal Constitution (July 17, 1991): C6.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 60.;
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), 57.

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 1991.

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

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.

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.