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Bull

Bull

Public Domain

Artist
CultureGreek
Titles
  • Bull
Date700–601 BC
PlaceGreece
MediumBronze
Dimensions3 × 3 3/16 × 1 3/8 in. (7.6 × 8.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.24
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"4000 Years of Modern Art," Baltimore Museum of Art, November 27, 1956–June 30, 1957.

"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.
Published References Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 68. Luce, Jean-Marc and Claude Rolley. "Fouille a Delphes 1990-1992: l'habitat et le sanctuaire de 1200 a 500 av." PhD diss., Dijon, 1993.

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