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Figure

This term has 3,101 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Motif
Object name
Object category

Narrower Terms used

animal figure
female figure
limbs
male figure
three-quarter figure
torso

Equivalent Terms used

figure (representation)
figures
figures (representations)

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Statue

Statue

Statuette

Figurine

Figurine

Statuette

Statue

Animal figure

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Figure

Standing Apostle

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Alessandro, Andrea di (Il Bresciano)

Christ at the Column

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Prieur, Barthélemy (Attributed to)

Figure

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Picardy Peasant

Maker(s)

Designer: Stabler, Phoebe (1879-1955)
Potter: Stabler, Harold

Bronze figure of the Hindu deity Kali

Brass figure of Hindu Goddess Durga

An image of Bust

Marble bust of the Emperor Commodus (AD 180-192)

An image of Bust

Portrait bust of the Emperor Septimius Severus (AD 193-211)

Baigneuse debout se coiffant (standing bather fixing her hair)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Maillol, Aristide

An image of Figure

Youth Drawing His Sword (Gladiator)

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Prieur, Barthélemy

An image of Figure

Glory

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Baratta, Giovanni (the Younger)

An image of Figure

Old Woman Seated

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown
Unknown

An image of Figure

Ancestor II from 'The Family of Man' series

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Hepworth, Barbara
Founder: Morris Singer

Kneeling Scythian, also known as the Blade-Sharpener

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

An image of Figure

La Pia Contrita or Maddalena

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Marchesi, Pompeo

An image of Figure

Parent I from 'The Family of Man' series

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Hepworth, Barbara
Founder: Morris Singer

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