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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.538
Title
Standing Woman
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statuette, sculpture
Date
first half of 4th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290969

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.538
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Standing woman with chiton, himation. Himation is draped shawl-like across her back, apparently leaving her bare-breasted. No sign of chiton over torso, though it is visible as a skirt under himation. Melon hairstyle. Standing with weight shifted to right side, right hand across stomach (broken), left hand on hip, under drapery. Left leg bent, back bent casually.

Discolored slip throughout, chipped off in places. Brownish pigment on hair, red discoloration on himation. Black discoloration on back.

Figurine broken at the waist. Plaster fan glued to broken hand area, perhaps originally the site of a terracotta fan. Attached to plaster base.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 34, no. 291
  • Laura Mau, "A Pigment Analysis of Greek Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1991), Unpublished, pp. 1-7 passim

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Verification Level

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