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Male Figure
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This sensuously carved figure probably functioned as a term, an architectural element that incorporates a head and torso atop a tapering pillar typically used as a decorative support, for example on either side of a doorway. The sculpture was likely originally gilded, which would have enhanced appreciation of the torso’s beautifully articulated musculature.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMale Figure, c. 1760. Ignaz Günther (German, 1725–1775). Lindenwood; overall: 95.3 x 65.4 x 31.8 cm (37 1/2 x 25 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.101
