COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1963.507
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CMA_.1963.507
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
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African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Egypt
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Egypt
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Egypt, Alexandria (?), Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 100-50 BC
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Egypt, Alexandria (?), Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 100-50 BC
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Statuette of a Beggar
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Statuette of a Beggar
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
false
View:
Full View
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Full View
View
false
Creation Date:
100-50 BC
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100-50 BC
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-100
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-100
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-50
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-50
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
bronze, solid cast, with silver and copper inlays
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bronze, solid cast, with silver and copper inlays
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
Overall: 18.4cm x 5.3cm x 7.2cm
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Overall: 18.4cm x 5.3cm x 7.2cm
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1963.507
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1963.507
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
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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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.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1963.507.tif
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CMA_.1963.507.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false