Mosaic Panels, The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

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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 Fund 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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Antiquities

Object Type

MOSAIC

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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