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[Meleager, Vatican]

Unknownabout 1870–1890

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A sculpture of a nude male figure wearing a short cape wrapped around one arm. A hunting dog is sitting on the figure's right. The head of the Calydonian boar is on a pedestal to his left.

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Title: [Meleager, Vatican]
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: about 1870–1890
Location Created: Rome, Italy; Vatican City
Physical Dimensions: 16.5 × 9 cm (6 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
Type: Print
External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
Medium: Albumen silver print
Terms of Use: Open Content
Number: 84.XP.1437.10
Culture: Italian
Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, Italian
Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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