Man Carrying a Child on His Shoulder

Barthélemy Prieur

late 16th–early 17th century · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The subject is plausibly explained as Orion, the blind titan of myth, whose gaze is directed by the boy Cedalion to the rising sun, which will restore his sight (as in the painting by Nicolas Poussin in our European Paintings galleries). This group is solid cast; the finest example is in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Artist

Barthélemy Prieur

Date

late 16th–early 17th century

Medium

Bronze

Culture

French, probably Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Ogden Mills, 1924