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Fork

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown carved wooden handle for a fork. The handle depicts a raised sculpted image of a man laying on his back with raised knees. The man has puffy cheeks and a rounded nose and chin. His arms are raised behind his head with elbows pointed outward. A woman with similar facial features to the man lays on the right side of him in a horizontal position with her left arm on top of his stomach. A man lays on the left side with his right arm on top of the woman's head. The woman's right hand is on top of the man's stomach. The man's body is to the right and the figures get smaller towards the left. The top of the handle is metal. The background is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
17th century
Medium
Boxwood, steel, silver
Culture
Italian
Dimensions
599 × 262 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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