Bronze statuette of a solar deity

Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916
Accession Number: 16.174.5

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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta


Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682-1754 Venice)

Date: 1730s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (71.8 x 56.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Accession Number: 67.187.90

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