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Glyptothek, Munich, Germany
Artist/Maker Unknown
Drunken old woman clutching a big lagynos (Hellenistic wine jug) decorated with reliefs. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 2nd century BC (200–180). According to Roman tradition, this famous statue type was credited to an artist called Myron.
Dimensions 92 cm (36 in.)
Credit line Deutsch: Einst im Besitz des Kardinals Ottoboni in Rom, 1714 als dessen Geschenk an den kurfürsten Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz nach Düsseldorf, von dort nach Mannheim, 1803 nach München, dort zuerst im Antquarium der Residenz, seit 1895 in der Glyptothek.
Accession number Inv. 437
Location Room 13 (Saal des Knaben mit der Gans)
Photographer/source User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-02-08
See also
Old drunkard Musei Capitolini MC299
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