Plaque with a Winged Victory and Autumn in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Plaque with Winged Victory and Autumn


Creators: Coptic (Artist) or Roman (Artist)

Period: 3rd-4th century (Late Antique)

Medium: bone (Ivory & Bone)

Accession Number: 71.51

Measurements: 5 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 15/16 in. (13 x 6.6 x 2.4 cm)

Geographies: Egypt (Place of Origin)

A winged victory holds a bunch of grapes as a reference to the fall season. Autumn, in the form of a male personification, cradles harvest fruits and leans out in a dynamic, diagonal pose. He hovers above a ram in the lower right corner. The four seasons, accompanied by winged victories, were popular motifs in the 2nd through 4th centuries.

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