SculptureEtruscan3rd-2nd century BCE

Sacrificing Man

3rd-2nd century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

3rd-2nd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8.2 x 5 cm (3 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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