Falcon Sacred to Horus
The falcon was associated with several celestial gods. One was Horus, a deity closely identified with living monarchs. This sculpture served as a protective image at a temple and once had a crown made separately, perhaps also from stone or even gilded bronze.
Sculpture
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27612
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sculpture
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normalized
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| provenance |
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.409_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.409_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.409_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.409 |
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