Seated Athlete
This figure’s hairstyle and clearly damaged ears (often described as “cauliflower ears,” the likely result of sustained trauma to the head) indicate he is an athlete. Possibly a wrestler or a boxer, he reclines wearily, perhaps after a match. His eyes and tongue are inlaid wit...
Images (5)
Artifact
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id
4886
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Kharbia, Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
5
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import
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Source image fields (5)
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_54.726_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 5 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.726 |