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Centaur
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
525–500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length (plinth): 8.3 x 6.7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Harold W. Parsons
Accession Number09.291
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 181.
DescriptionThe statuette depicts a centaur, that is, a half man and half horse creature. This centaur has long hair and a youthful, beardless, smiling face. His human front legs are close together and his arms are bent at the elbow with the hands held out in front. The creature stand on a rectangular base. An iron pin, now partially broken, run through body and plinth. Green patina.
ProvenanceProbably formerly in the Count M. Tyszkiewicz Collection (see Helbig, Bull. dell' Inst., 1871, 68); by date unknown: with Harold W. Parsons; gift of Harold W. Parsons to MFA, August 5, 1909