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Harpokrates (Horus the Child)
mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
bronze; silver inlaid eyes
Harpokrates is shown seated, although his original seat has been lost. He places his right index finger at his mouth in the customary gesture of childhood and has a sidelock of youth. He wears a royal headcloth with uraeus and a large hemhem crown; aside from an engraved collar, he is otherwise nude. The eyes are inlaid with silver.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be "from the Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/30/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
Measurements
Overall: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1975