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Source Description
The fragment consists of a hand and an arm complete nearly to the shoulder. Thumb and fingers are very narrow at the base of the nail. Nails are crudely indicated. The thumb and first two fingers are extended, the other two fingers curled, the elbow bent, and the muscles of the arm strained in violent action. It appears that the arm was not in a vertical position but was raised somewhat. Unless the hand held something which as left no trace, the action may be dancing. The break at the top crosses a rectangular cutting for an inlaid repair. The arm is hollow. The surface is black with patches of red and green, and has been roughly scraped in cleaning.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
24340
label
Left Arm
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
24340
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Left Arm
description
The fragment consists of a hand and an arm complete nearly to the shoulder. Thumb and fingers are very narrow at the base of the nail. Nails are crudely indicated. The thumb and first two fingers are extended, the other two fingers curled, the elbow bent, and the muscles of the arm strained in violent action. It appears that the arm was not in a vertical position but was raised somewhat. Unless the hand held something which as left no trace, the action may be dancing. The break at the top crosses a rectangular cutting for an inlaid repair. The arm is hollow. The surface is black with patches of red and green, and has been roughly scraped in cleaning.
provenance
Canessa Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-late 1st century BCE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statues
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
Source extras
med
bronze
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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77552e0be12495ec