Musician with a lute or harp
Small bronze figures of priest/officiants or cult performers appear most often in the Late Period or onward, usually intended to accompany a group around a god, although certain types are cast directly to miniature offering tables.
This figure is quite rare in depicting an individual who is a musician, playing what appears to be a lute or possibly a harp. The god Bes is associated with music, and occasionally with musicans (see terracotta 23.6.79), so possibly the figure could have belonged to a grouping with that god.
This figure is quite rare in depicting an individual who is a musician, playing what appears to be a lute or possibly a harp. The god Bes is associated with music, and occasionally with musicans (see terracotta 23.6.79), so possibly the figure could have belonged to a grouping with that god.
Artwork Details
- Title: Musician with a lute or harp
- Period: Late Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
- Date: 664–332 BC
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Bronze, Copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1958
- Object Number: 58.76.4
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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A.D. 1st–2nd century
Sculptor/metalsmith close to Donatello
1432
ca. 1390–1295 B.C.
A.D. 1st–2nd century
4th–2nd century B.C.
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