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Tyche, Patron Deity of a Municipality
1st Century-2nd CenturyRoman Empire
11 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (28.6 x 22 x 27 cm)
Roman artist
Italy
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Marble
Credit Line:
R. T. Miller Fund
Accession Number:
1949.73
Location: Currently on view
Seleucus I, the founder of Antioch, commissioned the sculptor Eutychides to create a colossal bronze statue of Tyche, the Greek goddess of fortune. Tyche’s mural crown depicting city walls and towers identified her as the patron of Antioch and the bringer of its fortunes. Eutychides’ statue sat just inside the city walls, and became famous throughout the region due to the widespread distribution of copies like this sculpture in the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery.
[Gallery label text, 2009]
[Gallery label text, 2009]
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian (dealer, 1872-1962) New York, by 1921; anonymous sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, January 26-29, 1921, lot 150; purchased at that sale by Brummer Galleries, New York; Joseph Brummer sale part III, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, June 8-9, 1949 lot 463; purchased at that sale by the Gallery
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection Memorial Art Gallery 9/30/1949 - 10/30/1949
- Man, The Incomplete God 11/19/1977 - 2/12/1978
- An Obsession with Fortune: Tyche in Greek and Roman Art 9/1/1994 - 12/31/1994
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Scope: Entry. Classical and Medieval Stone Sculptures including Pieces Suitable for Garden and Patio, Furniture and Works of Art, Part III of the Joseph Brummer Collection. New York, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 6/8/1949-6/9/1949.
- Article Title: Old Greek Pulpit for $105. Article Scope: Mention. New York Times. New York, NY: New York Times, 1857-. Issue Date: January 27 1921. Page Number: 13
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Susan B. Matheson. An Obsession with Fortune: Tyche in Greek and Roman art . New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1994.
- Cornelius C. Vermeule. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada. Malibu, California: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1981.
- Catalogue of an Unique Collection of Greek and Roman Marbles, Important Gothic Sculptures, Primitive Paintings, Ceramics, Tapestries and Ancient Rugs, Including Two Monumental Altars and a Greek Iconostas, Coming from Historical Collections and Gathered in England, France, Austria, Italy, and the Levant by a Well-Known European Connoisseur During Many Years of Discriminating Collecting. New York, NY: Anderson Galleries, 1921.
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