Relief Showing the Head of a Winged Genius

Provenance

Azeez Khayat (1875-1943), Haifa, 1917 [according to label affixed to object]. George F. Harding (1868-1939), Chicago, from 1926 to 1939; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, 1939; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, by 1984 [receipt in curatorial object file]; accessioned into the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

Relief Showing the Head of a Winged Genius

Neo-Assyrian

Neo–Assyrian Period, reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)

Accession Number

64936

Medium

Gypsum relief with traces of pigment

Dimensions

68 × 59 × 4.5 cm (26 1/2 × 23 × 2 in.)

Classification

stone

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

George F. Harding Collection