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A terracotta statue of a woman standing on a red stone block. She wears a cloth that covers their whole body and around her head.

A terracotta statue of a woman standing on a red stone block facing the viewer. The background is white. The statue is yellow in color with traces of red and blue throughout. She wears a cloth that covers their whole body and around her head. Her right hand is in front of her chest under the cloth. Her left arm is under the cloth and bent so her hand rests on her hip.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.98
Title
Standing Woman (modern copy)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
19th-20th century
Period
Modern
Culture
European
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292503

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
25.5 x 8.7 cm (10 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.98
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Modern copy of Tanagra-type figurine. Himation covering head, right arm across chest, left hand on hip, supporting folds of drapery. Heavily hooded, with remains of hat visible. Chiton visible. Pleats too sharp and schematic. Much color throughout, including himation with blue and yellow stripes and pink chiton. Although the figurine is a forgery, pigments (such as Egyptian Blue) are consistent with ancient materials. Black age spots added with paint to simulate age. Very clean inside. Attached to base.
Traces of blue pigment and iron oxide red.

Publication History

  • 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Tanagra Figurines" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1991), Unpublished, pp. 1-7 passim

Verification Level

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