Galatea
Object type: Statuette
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German
Artist: Noack and Brückner Foundry|Max Klinger
Artist bio: German|German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena
Artist role: Founder|Artist
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: 1906
Medium: Cast silver; marble
Dimensions: Confirmed field dimensions: 43 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (111.1 × 31.8 × 47.6 cm)
figure: 31 1/2 × 12 3/16 × 13 3/8 in. (80 × 31 × 34 cm)
base: 21 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (55.7 × 27 × 34 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, Anonymous and Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Gifts, and Gifts of Irwin Untermyer and Mrs. Robert M. Hillas, by exchange, 2018
Accession year: 2018
Tags: Children|Female Nudes|Galatea