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Statuette of Harpocrates

304–30 BC

Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty

Bronze, solid cast

Overall: 18.6 x 5.7 x 10.5 cm (7 5/16 x 2 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.777

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

Horus the Child (Harpocrates) was always shown in the childish attitude of holding a finger to his mouth.

Provenance
Purchased from R.H. Blanchard, Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo, by John L. Severance
Citations
Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 86, cat. no. 260 archive.org
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 478
Agut-Labordère, Damien, and Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia. L'Egypte des pharaons: de Narmer, 3150 av. J.-C.-284 apr J.-C. Morangis: Editions Belin, 2016. Mentioned: p. 705; Reproduced: p. 705
Exhibition history

CMA 1942, no. 260

Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.777