Alexandrian statuette of a young black youth - 2nd-1st century BC | The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

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IMAGE OF THE BLACK ARCHIVE

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Further details

Statuette. Full-length figure of a black youth with close tight curls, mouth open as though crying, and a pained expression on his face leaning to his left with his arms wrapped around his body and his legs pulled up into his body, right arm missing below elbow. ALEXANDRIAN / 2nd - 1st century B.C.

Date

199 BC - 1 BC

Location

New York, Brooklyn Museum

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