Title: King
Object type: Crèche figure
Date: second half 18th century
Artist:  Nicola Ingaldi 
Artist bio: active late 18th–early 19th century
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; satin, silk and velvet garments; silver and metallic thread; silver-gilt sword and crown; leather sheath
Dimensions: a) H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.); 
b) Diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.)
Classification: Crèche
Credit line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Kings