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Seated Male Figure

Greek (Artist)
750-700 BCE (Late Geometric)
bronze
(Ancient Greece )

The seated man raising a vessel to his lips, a masterpiece of Early Greek sculpture, displays the typical Geometric style of modeling figures as simple, linear forms that enclose open space.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

[Said to be from the Alpheios Valley]; E. Zoupoulakis, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2361]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1993 From Pasture to Polis: Art in the Age of Homer. Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia.
1988-1989 The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
11/26/1958 Treatment cleaned; coated
11/14/1978 Treatment cleaned; other
11/14/1978 Examination examined for condition
6/2/1986 Loan Consideration examined for loan
10/5/1988 Treatment cleaned
8/10/1992 Loan Consideration examined for loan
12/20/2000 Treatment other
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Geographies

Greece, Elis (Place of Origin) Greece, Laconia (Place of Origin)

Measurements

2 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (7.3 x 3.1 x 3.5 cm)
mount 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. (4 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art

Accession Number

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54.789

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Baltimore, MD
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