Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Man Carrying a Child

Man Carrying a Child

Maker (French, 1536 - 1611)
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1600
Mediumbronze
Dimensions9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.)
DescriptionFull-length nude figure of a tall man of muscular build, with massive throat; the head seen in full face is slightly thrown back and inclined to the left shoulder. He strides forward with his left leg, drawing the right after it, and carries a child on his left shoulder, resting his right hand upon the man's head and looks down at him with a confiding gesture; in his left hand he holds an apple, his wrist is grasped by the man's left hand.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number17.8
Maid Servant Returning from Market
Maid Servant Returning from Market
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.20
Man with Sword
Man with Sword
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.7
Woman Combing her Hair
Woman Combing her Hair
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.18
Woman Bathing, Touching her Foot
Woman Bathing, Touching her Foot
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.17
Woman Bathing, Braiding her Hair
Woman Bathing, Braiding her Hair
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.16
Woman Bathing her Feet
Woman Bathing her Feet
Barthélemy Prieur
ca. 1600
Object number: 17.15
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.10
Illustration 5 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Flight of Moloch
Illustration 5 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Flight of Moloch
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.18
The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.43
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.32
Illustration 3 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Christ Offers to Redeem Man
Illustration 3 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": Christ Offers to Redeem Man
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.4