Bronze man and centaur (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
| Bronze man and centaur | |
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| Year | 8th century BCE (Julian) |
| Medium | bronze |
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| Accession | 17.190.2072  |
Bronze man and centaur is an 8th century BC bronze sculpture, created in Greece during the mid-8th century BC, in the period of Archaic Greece. It is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1][2]
The sculpture was a posthumous gift of J. Pierpont Morgan given to the Metropolitan Museum in 1917.[1]
Description
[edit]The work depicts a man and centaur embracing.[1] The bottom of the sculpture contains a geometric pattern.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Bronze man and centaur". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ "The Technique of Bronze Statuary in Ancient Greece". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ↑ "Geometric Art in Ancient Greece". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.