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Nike sacrificing a bull
Greek, South Italian
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Campania
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.); Legacy dimension: 0.263 L.
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.8005
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBlue-green on background and traces of it on bull; red on hair of Nike, and brown on sandal straps; red on lower edge of relief. Missing: lower part of forelegs of bull, and most of wings and right arm (from elbow) of Nike.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: from Rome.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901