Unidentified Figure

Collections

Outdoor Sculptures

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Daten.d.

Mediumlimestone

Dimensions76 × 23 × 22 in. (193 × 58.4 × 55.9 cm.) base: 31 × 21 × 21 in. (78.7 × 53.3 × 53.3 cm.) overall: 107 × 23 × 22 in. (271.8 × 58.4 × 55.9 cm.)

DescriptionThe figure is a standing full-length male wearing a crown. The figure is holding a cloth draped around his waist falling to his upper calves. He has short cropped curly hair and a curly beard. There is a banner slung across his left shoulder ending at the garment folds. The crown he wears is a simple one. A crown often stands for the emblem of sovereignty, divine and earthly, and of the Christian martyr, as well as the award for accomplishment in the arts and for victory in love. With little else to act as a signifier of who this statue represents it is difficult to identify.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

On view

Object number22.8