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| Keywords: The Master of the Furies - Tormented Figure - Walters 71435.jpg This figure is one of a group of works by an extremely talented but as yet unidentified sculptor called the Master of the Furies after his statuette of a Fury in Vienna No subject is depicted but torment expressed by the man's wild facial expression elongated and outstretched arms and writhing curls of hair all characteristic of the master's later works while the theatricality and exaggerated naturalism are more general qualities of German baroque works of art The sculptor plays with the viewer's knowledge of ivory's inherently cylindrical shape and limited width by attaching auxiliary pieces of ivory to extend the figure's outstretched arms between 1640 1650 Baroque ivory wood cm 28 9 accession number 71 435 27590 Rodolphe Kann Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown George Robinson Harding New York date and mode of acuqisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin south Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Furienmeister Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
