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Musical Figure

Musical Figure

Maker Agostino Testa (Italian, 1662 - 1735)

Additional Title(s)

Dance
Terispichore
Musician

Collections

Outdoor Sculptures

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Datelate 17th - early 18th century

Mediumlimestone

Dimensions75 × 27 × 16 in. (190.5 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm.) base: 20 × 27 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (50.8 × 69.9 × 69.9 cm.) overall: 95 × 27 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (241.3 × 69.9 × 69.9 cm.)

DescriptionThis standing full-length statue of a woman with a putto can be interpreted as a musical figure, as she once had a musical instrument in her now lost hands.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Object number20.30

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