ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Corinthian Capital
AAT Object Form/FunctionCapitals (column components)
CultureRoman
PeriodSeveran
Dateearly 3rd Century CE
MediumMarble
Credit LineGift of Harvey Smith
Dimensions12 in. (30.5 cm)
Object number1989.002.006
Label TextThis larger Corinthian capital is carved in the same style as the smaller pair and must come from the same monument. Its larger scale and the fact that it is carved completely in the round suggest that it belongs to a lower story, while the smaller pair could belong to an upper story.Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 14 - September 15, 1988
An Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
Published ReferencesChristie, Manson & Woods, London, Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian Sculpture and Ancient Greek Vases, Being a Portion of the Hope Heirlooms (July 23, 1917), 30, lot 189.
Parke-Bernet, New York, Classical and Medieval Stone Sculptures, Part III of the Joseph Brummer Collection (June 8-9, 1949), 119, lot 513.
ProvenanceEx Hope Collection, England, from at least the mid 19th Century. Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, July 23, 1917, lot 189. With Brummer Gallery, New York, purchased from William Randolph Hearst via International Studio Art Corporation, New York, New York, October 17, 1940. Parke-Bernet, New York, June 8-9, 1949, lot 513. Ex coll. Harvey Smith (ca. 1910-1995), New York, New York.
Status
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- Greek and Roman Art
early 3rd Century CE
early 3rd Century CE
1353-1336 BCE
1930s
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1761
2543-2120 BCE
1279-1213 BCE
1279-1213 BCE
1400-1390 BCE
1076-944 BCE