SculptureEtruscan2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Male Votary or Priest

2nd century BCE-early 1st century CE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Hellenistic period

Century

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

9.7 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm (3 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.)

Provenance

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA (by 1978), transfer; to the Fogg Museum.

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