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Small Kneeling Youth

1896·Marble·18 7/8 × 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (48 × 22.4 × 15.8 cm)

Purchase, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Gift, Louis V. Bell Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill Gift, 2019

Catalogue

Year: 1896
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 18 7/8 × 8 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (48 × 22.4 × 15.8 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: George Minne

Artist

George Minne

Sculpture

George (Georges) Minne was a Belgian artist and sculptor famous for his idealized depictions of man's inner spiritual conflicts, including the "Kneeling Youth" sculpture series. A contemporary of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, Minne's work shows many similarities in both form and subject matter to the Viennese Secessionists, the fathers of Art Nouveau.

Ghent, Belgium

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