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Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Barbarian
1–100 CE
Overall: 8.5 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm (3 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Location: 103 Roman
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This figure may have decorated an ornate parade breastplate on a horse.Description
This bearded figure wears a tunic, trousers, and a soft conical hat with the apex bent over, called a Phrygian cap. He stands with his right hand raised (missing the index and little finger) and his left leg slightly bent. The figure originally held an implement in his lowered left hand, whose fingers curve around a shaft. The garments and cap identify him as a foreigner, likely a Dacian. Emperor Trajan (reigned AD 98–117) fought two military campaigns against Dacia (modern-day Romania), where he conquered and annexed the southern half of the region.- 1987-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
- Kozloff, Arielle P., David Gordon Mitten, and Suzannah Fabing. The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze. Cleveland, Ohio: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 344-346, cat. no. 67Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (1988), p. 65, no.1. www.jstor.org
- The Gods Delight: The Human Figure in Classical Bronze. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 8, 1989)The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.64