SculptureGreek6th century BCE

Bearded Man with a Staff

late 6th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

12.2 x 3.5 x 4.8 cm (4 13/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Athanasios Rhousopoulos, Athens, (acquired at Argos 1870). Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and New York, (by 1953), sold; to Frederick M. Watkins, New Haven, CT, (1953-1965), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1965.

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