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Allegorical Group of Triumphant Ptolemy
Greekearly 2nd century BC (?) (Hellenistic)
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Although the group seems to represent two wrestlers, the victor's diadem (headband) identifies him as a Ptolemaic king whose victim probably symbolizes unsuccessful Asian or native Egyptian resistance. The image of the triumphant king is inspired by a traditional Egyptian theme, but the naturalistic rendering of the bodies shows Greek influence. The interlocking figures and the pyramidal silhouette are distinctly Hellenistic.
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- Title: Allegorical Group of Triumphant Ptolemy
- Creator Lifespan: -0399/0300
- Creator Nationality: Greek
- Date Created: early 2nd century BC (?) (Hellenistic)
- Type: statuary groups
- Rights: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910-1915, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: solid cast bronze
- Provenance: [From Kharbia, Lower Egypt]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910-1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Place of Discovery: Kharbia, Egypt (?)
- ExhibitionHistory: From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989; Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung. Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main. 2005-2006; Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego; Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2009-2011
- Artist: Greek
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