Prometheus
German
late 17th century
Object Place: Europe, Germany, South Germany
Accession Number
62.675
Medium or Technique
Wood; Boxwood
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Boxwood statuette. Rooted tree trunk, hands roped to crossbar (fingers broken from one). Spread winged eagle stands on bent right leg, left one tied to trunk. Scant drapery blowing to left. On molded plinth.
Provenance
By 1962, Philipp B. Mayer, London; 1962, sold by Mayer to the MFA for £220. (Accession date: September 19, 1962)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund