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Nude Male Figure

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Roman
MEDIUM Marble
DATES 30 B.C.E. – 395 C.E.
PERIOD Roman Period, probably
DIMENSIONS 11 7/8 × 8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in. (30.2 × 22 × 16 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 29.1612
CREDIT LINE Gift of Bianca Olcott in memory of her father, Professor George M. Olcott of Columbia University, of her grandfather, George N. Olcott, and of her great-grandfather, Charles M. Olcott, President of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 1851-1853
PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not documented; by 1929, acquired by Bianca Aurelia Maria Louisa Joanna Olcott of Brooklyn, NY; 1929, gift of Bianca Aurelia Maria Louisa Joanna Olcott to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Roman. Nude Male Figure, 30 B.C.E. – 395 C.E. Marble, 11 7/8 × 8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in. (30.2 × 22 × 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bianca Olcott in memory of her father, Professor George M. Olcott of Columbia University, of her grandfather, George N. Olcott, and of her great-grandfather, Charles M. Olcott, President of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 1851-1853, 29.1612. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.29.1612_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.29.1612_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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Roman. <em>Nude Male Figure</em>, 30 B.C.E. – 395 C.E. Marble, 11 7/8 × 8 11/16 × 6 5/16 in. (30.2 × 22 × 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Bianca Olcott in memory of her father, Professor George M. Olcott of Columbia University, of her grandfather, George N. Olcott, and of her great-grandfather, Charles M. Olcott, President of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 1851-1853, 29.1612. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.29.1612_view01.jpg)