Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York [The Gilliss Press] · leaf 136
132 … 132 STATUES, STATUETTES, AND RELIEFS originally served a practical purpose as a candelabrum. Since there is noconnection in the case of our figure between the socket and the arm, it is notlikely that it was used as a lamp, since the supply of oil would have beenrather scant; but a real torch or…
Bronzes · Art, Ancient
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