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Comic actor playing a wandering slave or peddlar loaded with baggage
Greek
Classical Period
about 400-350 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number13.99
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionComic actor from Old or Middle Comedy-most likely playing a wandering slave loaded with a pack on his back and a basket in front-- perhaps carrying goods from the market. Grinning face expresses noisy loquaciousness. The extended phallus and exaggereated facial expression attests to the grotesque character.
Remains of red on face: pupils of eyes painted black.
Remains of red on face: pupils of eyes painted black.
ProvenanceBy 1912: with E. P. Warren; gift of E. P. Warren to MFA, January 2, 1913