Etruscan Statuette
CultureEtruscan
Date3rd-1st century B.C.E.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 11 inches (27.94 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number47-5
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Gallery LabelThis statuette was probably placed in a sanctuary as a gift to the gods. The figure’s pose is based ultimately on Greek originals from the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.E.
With Alfredo Barsanti (1877-1946), Rome, by 1946;
Purchased from Barsanti heirs, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1947.
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