Ram
Unknown Roman
Eastern Mediterranean
3rd-6th century
Cast bronze with multicolored green and brown patina
Overall: 12 1/2 × 15 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (31.8 × 39.4 × 11.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Family Lansburgh, Classes of 1949, 1977, 1988
S.2000.52
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Classical World
Sculpture
On view
Course History
ANTH 7.05, Animals and Humans, Laura Ogden, Winter 2020
ITAL 3.01, Introductory Italian 3, Damiano Benvegnu, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
2000 Years of Sculpture, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, 1977, no. 6.
Ancient and Premodern Global Cultures, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 9, 2002-January 29, 2004.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 14-June 6, 2008.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 3, 2004-July 6, 2007.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 26, 2010.
Global Cultures at the Hood: Ancient to Premodern, Gene Y. Kim Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26. 2019.
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, May 12, 2016-June 30, 2018.
The Beauty of the Bronze: Selections from the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kim Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 13, 2012-March 18, 2014.
Publication History
Important European Sculpture and Works of Art, Christie's, London, April 20, 1988, p. 12, lot 14. (not sold).
Provenance
Èdouard Larcade Collection Sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1951; sold to an unknown private collection, 1951; to Blumka Gallery, New York, New York, date unknown; sold to Mark Lansburgh, Jr. (1925-2013), 1969; to the Lansburgh family collection, date unknown; given to present collection, 2000.
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