Mosaic Panels, The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Mosaic Panels, The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas
Date100–300 AD
MediumStone and glass mosaic
DimensionsOverall: 87 × 135 in. (221.0 × 342.9 cm)
.A: 87 × 65 1/2 in. (221 × 166.4 cm)
.B: 87 × 73 in. (221 × 185.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lee and Joe Jamail, the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund, and in 2011, the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment in memory of Peter C. Marzio
Object number2006.6.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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ProvenanceRené Bursztejn-Lavigne (d. 1981) and Mercedes Alfonseca Bursztejn-Lavigne, 1970–1981; by inheritance to Mercedes Alfonseca Bursztejn-Lavigne, 1981–1988; sold through Dr. André Lagneau, Secretary General of Credit Suisse; purchased by Sleiman Aboutaam (d. 1998), Geneva, 1988–1998; by inheritance to his sons, Hicham Aboutaam and Ali Aboutaam, New York, 1998–2006; sold through [Phoenix Ancient Art, New York/Geneva]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.

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