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Marble relief with the Death of Priam
Marble relief with the Death of Priam

Marble relief with the Death of Priam

about 50 B.C.–A.D.50
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from mainland Greece (Attic?)
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 38 x 49 x 5 cm (14 15/16 x 19 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number04.15
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceSaid by Carlo Strozzi (b. 1587 – d. 1670) to have been found in Fiesole [see note 1]. By 1743, Panciatichi family, Florence [see note 2]; by descent to Ferdinand Panciatichi-Ximenes d’Aragona (b. 1813 – d. 1897), Florence; April 3-16, 1902, Panciatichi-Ximenes sale, Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence, lot 961 [see note 3]. 1904, sold by Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), London, to the MFA [see note 4]. (Accession Date: January 19, 1904)

NOTES:
[1] H. Heydemann, “Osservazioni sulla Morte di Priamo e di Astianatte,” Mittheilungen des Kaiserlich deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts, Romische Abtheilung, vol. 3 (Rome, 1888), 101-102, notes that Strozzi prepared a manuscript on Florentine inscriptions and stated that this relief was found in Fiesole, near Florence. However, Hans Dütschke, Antike Bildwerke in Oberitalien, vol. 2, Zerstreute Antike Bildwerke in Florenz (Leipzig, 1875), p. 242-243, cat. no. 519, doubts that it was excavated in Fiesole.

[2] Antonius Franciscus Gori, Inscriptionum Antiquarum Graecarum et Romanarum, part III (Florence, 1743), p. 138, no. 148, where the relief is recorded in the Panciatichi collection.

[3] Many thanks to Jörg Deterling for his assistance in locating this record.

[4] The total purchase price for MFA accession nos. 04.6 – 04.37 was $74,100.