Sculpture

Figure of a Beggar

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: 19th century
Accession number: 2007.17.12
Maker: Unknown, German, 19th Century(Opens in new tab) (German)
Dimensions: height: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.)
Medium: ivory relief with velvet mount and wood frame
Description: This framed relief in ivory portrays an old man raising a finger while speaking. He wears tattered clothes and broken shoes and holds one hand on a walking stick.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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