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Source Description
This boy 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. See also 54.317 and 54.318
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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38517
label
Anatomical Figure of a Young Boy
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Source metadata
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38517
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title
Anatomical Figure of a Young Boy
description
This boy 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. See also 54.317 and 54.318
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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4
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import
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H: 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
Source extras
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cast bronze
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6211
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REN
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34
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