Overall: 45 1/2 in., 173lb. (115.57 cm, 78.4723kg)
Classification:
Stone-Sculpture
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase, 1900
Accession Number:
00.5.4
Not on view
Louis Petich Collection, New York, before 1893, on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1894–1900
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