Statuette of Harpocrates

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1972.6

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CMA_.1972.6

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Egyptian

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Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Egypt

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Egypt

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egypt, Probably Alexandria, late Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 50 BC

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Egypt, Probably Alexandria, late Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 50 BC

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Statuette of Harpocrates

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Statuette of Harpocrates

Title

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Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Detail

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Detail

View

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Creation Date:

c. 50 BC

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c. 50 BC

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-52

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-52

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-48

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-48

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

bronze, hollow cast, with silver inlays

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bronze, hollow cast, with silver inlays

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 27cm x 10.2cm x 8.6cm

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Overall: 27cm x 10.2cm x 8.6cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1972.6

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1972.6

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This bronze takes its name from the Greek adaptation of the Egyptian phrase Hor-pa-khred, Horus, the sun god, as a child. This is confirmed by typical Horus traits: the forelock, finger raised to his mouth, and the hole behind the forelock, which once held a double crown. The panther skin over his left arm was priestly Egyptian garb.Centuries before Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, the Greeks had traveled and traded there. Fascinated by Egyptian deities they equated many with their own. Horus, the sun god and son of Osiris and Isis, for instance, became Apollo, the god of light to the Greeks.The Egyptians made thousands of images of Hor-pa-khred as votive gifts in shrines and temples. The Greeks rendered their own Harpocrates as a much softer and voluptuous figure.

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This bronze takes its name from the Greek adaptation of the Egyptian phrase Hor-pa-khred, Horus, the sun god, as a child. This is confirmed by typical Horus traits: the forelock, finger raised to his mouth, and the hole behind the forelock, which once held a double crown. The panther skin over his left arm was priestly Egyptian garb.Centuries before Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, the Greeks had traveled and traded there. Fascinated by Egyptian deities they equated many with their own. Horus, the sun god and son of Osiris and Isis, for instance, became Apollo, the god of light to the Greeks.The Egyptians made thousands of images of Hor-pa-khred as votive gifts in shrines and temples. The Greeks rendered their own Harpocrates as a much softer and voluptuous figure.

Context

false

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Statuette of Harpocrates