Currently not on view
Plaque with nude youth,
4th–5th century
y1968-244
Information
Title
Plaque with nude youth
Dates
4th–5th century
Medium
Bone
Dimensions
16.6 x 5.6 x 2.0 cm (6 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Ernest T. DeWald, Graduate School Class of 1916
Object Number
y1968-244
Place Made
Egypt
Period
Materials
Bought by Ernest T. DeWald at Brummer sale, April 20, 1949; bequest to the Museum in 1968
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The notable art collection belonging to the Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer: part I: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance sculpture; ivory carvings, bronzes, silver, textiles, Gothic tapestries, Limoges & Mosan enamels, furniture, Renaissance jewels...public auction sale April 20, 21, 22 and 23, (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1949).
, cat. no. 147 - Alfreda J. Murck, "Acquisitions 1968", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 27, no. 2 (1968): p. 94-105., p. 100
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Frances Follin Jones, "Heads and figures: a bequest", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 32, no. 1 (1973): p. 4-9.
, fig. 2, p. 6 - Slobodan Curcic and Archer St. Clair, Byzantium at Princeton: Byzantine art and archaeology at Princeton University: catalogue of an exhibition at Firestone Library, Princeton University, August 1 through October 26, 1986, (Princeton, NJ: Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, 1986)., cat. no. 146; p. 119
- Archer St. Clair, Elizabeth Parker McLachlan, The carver's art, Medieval sculpture in ivory, bone, and horn, (New Brunswick: Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1989)., cat. no. 76
