King's attendant

Lorenzo Mosca

Date

second half 18th century

Type

Crèche figure

Medium

Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; silk and satin garments with silver and gold metallic thread; dagger with silver blade and gold cross guard in paper sheath

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

64.164.88a–c

Credit

Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964