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Source Description
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 combinations, according to the desires of the patron. Similar bronze figures, carrying torches, have been excavated from Roman villas around the Mediterranean and may have functioned as decorative lamp-holders or garden statuary.
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Document identity
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22860
label
Statue of a Boy
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obj
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sculpture
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22860
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sculpture
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normalized
title
Statue of a Boy
description
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 combinations, according to the desires of the patron. Similar bronze figures, carrying torches, have been excavated from Roman villas around the Mediterranean and may have functioned as decorative lamp-holders or garden statuary.
provenance
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.
date
1st century CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
statues
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8
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import
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cm
width
115.5
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54.6
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22.8
dimensionsRaw
45 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 9 in. (115.5 x 54.6 x 22.8 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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bronze; cast and hammered
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6191
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ROM
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2551
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