Man with a Watersack
Date1897
Object PlaceVorst, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOriginal plaster model
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensionsfigure: 24½ x 16 x 8¼ in.
62.2 x 40.6 x 21.0 cm
base: 3 3/8 x 16 5/8 x 11¼ in.
8.7 x 42.2 x 28.7 cm
62.2 x 40.6 x 21.0 cm
base: 3 3/8 x 16 5/8 x 11¼ in.
8.7 x 42.2 x 28.7 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund and the Henry Ford II Fund
Object number1986.48
DescriptionThin nude male adolescent with taut muscles stands on a sloped rectangular self-base with legs spread widely apart and his weight resting on his left leg. The upper torso and head are bent to the left. The figure presses a goat skin, clutched in his left arm, to his body while his right arm, with elbow jutting out, extends across his body. He holds the top of the goatskin in his right hand.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Euro. Sculpture & Decorative Art
ProvenanceAtelier of Minne;
purchased by Minne's doctor from the family.
c. 1865
1944
c. 1964
1307/1196 BC
16th Century