Dionysus with Pan

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CultureRoman

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Dionysus with Pan

Date50–150 AD

MediumMarble

Dimensions52 × 25 × 16 in. (132.1 × 63.5 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment

Object number2009.30

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

200 Jamail Atrium

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Antiquities

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceWilliam Lowther (1787–1872), 2nd Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, by at least 1865–1872; by inheritance to his nephew, Henry Lowther (1818–1876), 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, 1872–1876; by inheritance to his eldest son, St George Henry Lowther (1855–1882), 4th Earl of Lonsdale, 1876–1882; by inheritance to his brother, Hugh Cecil Lowther (1857–1944), 5th Earl of Lonsdale, 1882–1944; by inheritance to his youngest brother, Lancelot Edward Lowther (1867–1953), 6th Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, 1944–1947; [Maple & Co. sale, 1947, "Major Part of the Earl of Lonsdale's Collection" (Penrith 1947, lot 2350)]; [...]; [Christie's London, July 11, 1990, lot 250]; [...];[The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, by 2008]; [Charles Ede Ltd., London, 2008–2009]; purchased by MFAH, 2009.
Published References Antique Sculpture at Lowther Castle (1865) pl.XXXI Matz, F. "Antikensammlungen in England." in Archaologische Zeitung. Berlin: Druck und Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1874. Page 28 Michaelis, Adolf (ed.). Ancient Marbles in Great Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1882. Pages 497-468, entry 63. Maple and Co., Auction Catalogue of the Major Part of the Earl of Lonsdale's Collection (Penrith 1947), lot 2350

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