Youth Clasping a Bird and a Bunch of Grapes
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
On view
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
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.
Published References Bulletin, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 18-19 (1956-57):11, no.1. Cooney, J. "An Early Christian Sculpture from Egypt," The Brooklyn Museum Annual, 2-3 (1960-62): 39, fig. 3. Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 13. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: a guide to the collection. Houston: The Museum, 1981. No. 21.
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Unknown Egyptian
501–600 AD
Wood
76.335.1,.2
