Head of a Youth
A slight turn of the neck causes this figure to gaze to the right and slightly down. In antiquity, the deep-set eyes would have been inlaid—the whites would have been made of ivory or bone and the iris of glass or colored stone. This technique was used by many ancient cultures...
Sculpture
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id
19251
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Arthur Sambon, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_23.138_Fnt_BW_T91.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.138 |