Youth Clasping a Bird and a Bunch of Grapes

Youth Clasping a Bird and a Bunch of Grapes

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Youth Clasping a Bird and a Bunch of Grapes
CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Youth Clasping a Bird and a Bunch of Grapes
Date100–200 AD
MediumMarble
Dimensions27 7/8 × 12 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (70.8 × 31.8 × 18.7 cm.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Anne Schlumberger Doll
Object number57.50
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Nikolas Koutoulakis, Paris and Geneva, by 1957]; purchased by Anne Schlumberger Doll (1905–1993), 1957; given to MFAH, 1957.
Exhibition History"The Nude in Art," Vancouver Art Gallery, 1964.

"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

"Splendors of Ancient Egypt," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 22, 1996–March 29, 1997.

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