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| Keywords: German - Anatomical Figure of a Woman - Walters 54317 - Three Quarter Left.jpg This figure is part of a family of three figures thought to have been made for a physician so that his patients could point to what hurt The figures were not meant to stand Their feet are angled as they would be if they were lying down In the 1600s people did not take their clothes off for a doctor A well-bred woman would have blushed even to describe a part of her body but she could point to it century 16 Renaissance cast bronze cm 29 6 accession number 54 317 8393 San Giorgi Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
