Former owner

Joseph Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854 - 1919)

Provenance

To 1908

Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, Syria, to 1908 [1]

From 1908 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, in 1908 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5601, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

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On View

Freer West Grand Staircase Corridor

3rd century (dated 231 CE)

Accession Number

F1908.236

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Topic

portrait

funerary

woman

Syria

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Origin

Palmyra, Homs, Syria

Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

H x W x D (overall): 60.1 x 55.3 x 23 cm (23 11/16 x 21 3/4 x 9 1/16 in)

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Restrictions & Rights

Copyright with museum

Type

Sculpture

Stone