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King's attendant

second half 18th century

Medium

Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; silk and satin garments with silver and gold metallic thread; brass dagger in velvet sheath

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Dimensions

a) H. of figure: 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm.); b) L. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); c) Diam. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964

Classification

Crèche

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian, Naples

Rights

Public Domain

About Giuseppe Sanmartino

1715–1793

Italian sculptor.