1919.514: Seated Man
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1919.514
- Title
- Seated Man
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- 323-31 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tanagra (Boeotia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/293278
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta, remains of white slip
- Technique
- Mold-made
- Dimensions
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10.3 x 7 cm (4 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Base: 6.4 x 5.2 cm (2 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mr. & Mrs. William de Forest Thomson; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thomson
- Accession Year
- 1919
- Object Number
- 1919.514
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Man dressed in a long, tightly drawn cloak attached at right shoulder and reaching below the knees. Body is supported by the left arm which is resting on the rock. High boots reach the bottom of his cloak. Traces of pink visible on right arm. Back is unmodelled with a square vent hole. Head and chips around the right arm are missing. Broken into 13 pieces and repaired. (4th from left in photograph)
Hard, reddish brown clay; remains of white slip.
Verification Level
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