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The Blade Sharpener, Florence
Giorgio Sommerabout 1857–1890
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Marble Roman sculpture of a man sharpening a blade on a whetstone, known as "The Blade Sharpener" from the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.
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- Title: The Blade Sharpener, Florence
- Creator: Giorgio Sommer
- Date Created: about 1857–1890
- Physical Dimensions: 24.1 × 18.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/8 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.726.53
- Culture: Italian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Giorgio Sommer (Italian, born Germany, 1834 - 1914)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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