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Limestone body study
Male torso and top of legs, sculptor's trial piece. Such works were used as models or trial pieces for students, to train them and ensure that the 'correct' proportions were used.
Length: 15 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Ptolemaic Period#
Circa
-332
-
Circa
-30
Accession number: E.GA.3214.1943
Primary reference Number: 57644
Oldadmincategory: SU
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Limestone body study" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/57644 Accessed: 2024-11-21 22:51:29
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