Unknown Egyptian
Youth Clasping a Bird and a Bunch of Grapes

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Artist Unknown Egyptian

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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Object Type

SCULPTURE

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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