Statue of a Boy

1st century CE (Roman Imperial)

54.6 cm 115.5 cm 22.8 cm

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This is a masterful example of early Roman bronze statuary. The proportions of the young boy in motion are not entirely in harmony, indicating that it was made by the process of "piece-mold" casting. In this technique, artists joined different body parts together in varying c...

Sculpture

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22860
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Marchese Aniello Palmieri, Naples, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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8
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