Bronze man and centaur is an 8th century BC bronze sculpture, created in Greece during the mid-8th century BC, in the period of Archaic Greece. It is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1][2]
Bronze man and centaur | |
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Year | 8th century BCE (Julian) |
Medium | bronze |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 17.190.2072 |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 249228 |
The sculpture was a posthumous gift of J. Pierpont Morgan given to the Metropolitan Museum in 1917.[1]
Description
editThe work depicts a man and centaur embracing.[1] The bottom of the sculpture contains a geometric pattern.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Bronze man and centaur". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ^ "The Technique of Bronze Statuary in Ancient Greece". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
- ^ "Geometric Art in Ancient Greece". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.