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This figure is from a "family" of three figures thought to have been made for a physician so that his patients could point to what hurt. In the 1600s, people did not take their clothes off for a doctor.

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Document identity
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16386
label
Anatomical Figure of a Man
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16386
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object
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normalized
title
Anatomical Figure of a Man
description
This figure is from a "family" of three figures thought to have been made for a physician so that his patients could point to what hurt. In the 1600s, people did not take their clothes off for a doctor.
provenance
SanGiorgi, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1600-1650 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
figurines
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5
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12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
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38517
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cast bronze
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6211
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34
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