Male Figure Seated

Description Soft stone varieties, such as limestone and sandstone, were the most common materials used for statues and were readily available. This tomb figure's pose is typical: the man is seated with his hand on his thighs, the right hand clenched in a fist and the left one flat. The base of this statue has been repaired.

Exhibitions

• Carved for Immortality. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913