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Study for Greek Science

Artist: Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919
Medium: Gilded plaster
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 5 x 2 1/2 in. (29.2 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm)
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 75.132
Credit Line: Gift of Allyn Cox
Image: Overall, 75.132.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Small study for allegorical female figure of a woman clothed in heavy, hooded classicized robes and holding a globe in her proper right hand and compass, which is open in a V shape and touching the top of the globe, in her proper left hand; figure looks down at objects in her hands and stands on a stepped, rectangular base. Condition: Good; small chips around base; overall wear to gilding.

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