Sculpture

Musical Figure

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 17th - early 18th century
Accession number: 20.30
Maker: Agostino Testa(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1662–1735)
Attributeds: previously attributed to Francesco Marinali(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1609–1660); previously attributed to Unknown, Italian(Opens in new tab) (Italian)
Dimensions: 75 × 27 × 16 in. (190.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm.) base: 20 × 27 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (50.8 × 69.9 × 69.9 cm.) overall: 95 × 27 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (241.3 × 69.9 × 69.9 cm.)
Medium: limestone
Description: This statue portrays a woman with a putto. It can be identified as a musical figure as the statue had a musical instrument in her hands originally.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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