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<em>Statuette of Seated Nude</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Statuette of Seated Nude, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Statuette of Seated Nude</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Statuette of Seated Nude, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Seated Nude</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

Statuette of Seated Nude, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Seated Nude</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Statuette of Seated Nude, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Statuette of Seated Nude</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Statuette of Seated Nude, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Statuette of Seated Nude

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, plaster, pigment
  • Possible Place Made: Medinet el Faiyum (vicinity), Egypt
    • DATES 3rd-4th century C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.272
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Terracotta statuette of seated nude man grasping in his left arm a harp which he plays with his phallus. Cast hollow in two part mould. Compare with 16.271. Condition: Entire surface weathered. Extensive remains of white plaster (?) around phallus.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Statuette of Seated Nude, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Statuette of Seated Nude</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, plaster, pigment, 5 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (14.2 x 9.5 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.272. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.272_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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