Group of statuettes

Five small figures carved in boxwood stand on individual bases, each in a different pose: one holds a staff aloft, another gestures with an open hand, and a third clutches a bundle. Their robes, cloaks and armour are finely detailed, with deep folds and a warm, polished brown surface.

Look closer: A small hand-held object, such as a vessel or book, is held at the chest of the seated-looking figure in the center-left group.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th century

Medium

Boxwood

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2947 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917