- Museum number
- C896A
C896B - Object
- Statuette of a male figure
- Description
- A small bronze statuette of a nude male, possibly an athlete, standing on a circular base, right leg straight, left leg bent (foot missing), right arm beside the body, right hand holding an object, left arm raised to height of head and bent, left hand holding object, torso leaning to the left, head turned slightly to the right, a band of laurel leaves girdling waist with fig leaf., mounted on nineteenth century circular red veined marble shaft above a chamfered square black and yellow marble base.Possibly a 19th cent copy- note the fig leaf (Prof. A.B.Cooke 31.03.34
- Materials
- Bronze
- Inscription
- None
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Figure
Plinth - Subject
- Figure
- Dimensions
- framed: 7.5cm (d) x 18cm (h) x 7.5cm (w)
Spot the Fake!
Two statuettes of a male figure: C896 and C917
The figure on the right (C896) is pretending to be from ancient Greece or Rome. But the fig leaves he is wearing give the game away. Fig leaves as a covering for nudity first appeared in Christian art during the Middle Ages.
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