Sculpture

Allegorical Figure

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 17th - early 18th century
Accession number: 20.38
Maker: Agostino Testa(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1662–1735)
Attributeds: previously attributed to Francesco Marinali(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1609–1660); previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Dimensions: 79 × 30 1/2 × 21 in. (200.7 × 77.5 × 53.3 cm.) base: 20 × 27 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.6 × 68.6 cm.) overall: 99 × 30 1/2 × 27 in. (251.5 × 77.5 × 68.6 cm.)
Medium: limestone
Description: This statue portrays a youth with long wavy hair wearing a tunic secured at the neck by a brooch.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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