AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1963.507
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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African; North African; Egyptian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Egypt
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egypt, Alexandria (?), Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 100-50 BC
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Title:
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Statuette of a Beggar
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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100-50 BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-100
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Creation End Date:
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-50
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Materials and Techniques:
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bronze, solid cast, with silver and copper inlays
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 18.4cm x 5.3cm x 7.2cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1963.507
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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This bronze reflects an exotic, urban setting, such as Alexandria, one of the most cosmopolitan of all classical cities and culturally, one of the richest. It was the home of a great library and famous philosophers. Greeks, Jews, Egyptians, Africans and Romans lived, studied, and traded there.The little goatee and curly sideburns mark this figure as a mature man rather than the child he at first seems to be. The black patina was purposely induced in antiquity by exposing the bronze to sulphide fumes.The color of the patina was heightened by inlays in contrasting silver and copper for the eyes and lips.Deformities---in this case, scoliosis of the spine were fascinating subject matter for some artists.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1963.507.tif
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