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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Sculpture
Figure of a Beggar
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- Date
- 19th century
- Accession number
- 2007.17.12
- Maker
- Unknown, German, 19th Century(Opens in new tab) (German)
- Dimensions
- height: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.)
- Medium
- ivory relief with velvet mount and wood frame
- Description
- This framed relief in ivory portrays an old man raising a finger while speaking. He wears tattered clothes and broken shoes and holds one hand on a walking stick.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
- Department
- European Art
- Find out more
- View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
