Keywords: Italian - Female Panther - Walters 5438.jpg There are many versions of this popular subject The lost ancient prototype was from a sculpture group in which a team of harnessed panthers drew the chariot of Bacchus god of wine and revelry on his triumphal progress through North Africa and east to India spreading the knowledge of growing grapes for wine ca 1500 Renaissance bronze cm 10 8 accession number 54 38 23823 Emily Ridgway Marquise de Ganay Paris before 1909 by purchase Sale Hotel Drouot Paris May 8 1922 no 79 Jacques Seligmann Paris 1922 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1922 place of origin Padua Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review House of Ganay |