Male Saint and Two Figures (after Byzantine mosaic?)

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Male Saint and Two Figures (after Byzantine mosaic?)

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Male Saint and Two Figures (after Byzantine mosaic?),

1955–57

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, 1901–1966
2005-44

Information

Title
Male Saint and Two Figures (after Byzantine mosaic?)
Dates

1955–57

Maker
Alberto Giacometti
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
21.8 x 17.5 cm (8 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Bennett Lord, Class of 1943
Object Number
2005-44
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: Alberto Giacometti
Culture
Swiss
Type
sketches, drawings
Materials
graphite, wove paper
Subject
figures (representations), copies (derivitive objects), saints

Artist, Alberto Giacometti;

ca. 1960, Gift to James Lord.

Anonymous;

Gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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