Dancer and flute player

Ferdinand Tietz Austrian

mid-18th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

The compositions were realized, with variations, as garden figures in sandstone.

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Title: Dancer and flute player
Artist: Ferdinand Tietz (Austrian, 1708–1777)
Date: mid-18th century
Culture: German, Franconia
Medium: Gilt wood
Dimensions: Height (each): 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, by exchange, 1987
Object Number: 1987.155.1, .2
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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