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Banqueter

CultureGreek
Date6th century B.C.E.
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 8 × 11 1/4 × 2 inches (20.32 × 28.58 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number51-2
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 103
Collections
Exhibition History

Discovery and Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger’s Craft, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 3, 1996-January 5, 1997; Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta GA, February 8-May 18, 1997.

 

Treasures of Deceit: Archaeology and the Forger’s Craft, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, January 30-March 22, 1998; Davenport Museum of Art, IA, April 12-June 7, 1998; Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA, June 28-August 16, 1998; Payne Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, September 5-October 31, 1998; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN, November 26, 1998-January 17, 1999; The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, February 18-April 4, 1999; Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT, April 25-June 13, 1999; Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, July 6-August 24, 1999; Middlebury College Museum of Art, VT, September 14-November 2, 1999; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, November 22, 1999-January 10, 2000.  

Gallery Label
The sculpture portrays a banqueter attending a feast in honor of a deity; it probably stood as a gift to this god in a temple. The figure may seem feminine to modern eyes. The long hair, however, was common for men and the soft rendering of features, typical of the period.

Provenance

De Ciccio, Naples, Italy, by 1951 [1];

 

Purchased from De Ciccio, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1951.

 

 

NOTES:

 

[1] This is probably Mario de Ciccio (b. 1868), a collector best known for his donation of more than 1300 objects to the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, in 1958.
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