Galatea
Medium
Cast silver; marble
Dimensions
Confirmed field dimensions: 43 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (111.1 × 31.8 × 47.6 cm) figure: 31 1/2 × 12 3/16 × 13 3/8 in. (80 × 31 × 34 cm) base: 21 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (55.7 × 27 × 34 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
German
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, Anonymous and Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Gifts, and Gifts of Irwin Untermyer and Mrs. Robert M. Hillas, by exchange, 2018
Accession Number
2018.25a, b
Tags
Female NudesGalateaChildren
About the Artist
Noack and Brückner Foundry|Max Klinger (German|German) · |1857 – |1920
German|German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena