Pedagogue and Boy in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Pedagogue and Boy


Creator: Greek (Artist)

Period: 3rd-2nd century BC (Hellenistic)

Medium: terracotta, traces of paint (Ceramics)

Accession Number: 48.1934

Measurements: 6 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (15.4 x 7 x 4.4 cm)

Geographies: Greece (Place of Origin)

A pedagogue was an adult male who supervised the moral and social education of a young boy. In Hellenistic times, boys and girls attended privately funded elementary schools, but formal education beyond this level was exclusively for boys.

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