Pedagogue and Boy

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description A pedagogue was an adult male who supervised the moral and social education of a young boy. In Hellenistic times, boys and girls attended privately funded elementary schools, but formal education beyond this level was exclusively for boys.

Exhibitions

From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.

Provenance Charles William Lewis, Jr.; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by gift.

Credit Gift of Charles William Lewis, Jr., 1946

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Creator

Greek (Artist)

Period

3rd-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)

Medium

terracotta, traces of paint
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.1934

Measurements

6 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (15.4 x 7 x 4.4 cm)

Geographies

Greece (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Greek Art