Bronze man and centaur (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
8th century BC bronze sculpture
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Bronze man and centaur is an 8th century BC bronze sculpture, created in Greece during the mid-8th century BC, in the period of Archaic Greece. It is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1][2]
| Bronze man and centaur | |
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| Year | 8th century BCE (Julian) |
| Medium | bronze |
| Location | |
| Accession | 17.190.2072  |
The sculpture was a posthumous gift of J. Pierpont Morgan given to the Metropolitan Museum in 1917.[1]
Description
The work depicts a man and centaur embracing.[1] The bottom of the sculpture contains a geometric pattern.[3]