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Comic actor declaiming as a poet or philosopher
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 350 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth
Medium/Technique
Terracotta, with limbs and body modeled separately
Dimensions
12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.8012
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionComic actor standing with arms stretched out as if making a speech. Around his head wears either a wreath (parody of poet or philosopher) . Dress of Attic Comedy actors--mask with a wreath, raised eyebrows, snub nose and pointed beard. wears Bell shaped short chiton indicative of Corinthian manufacture. Said to be found in Kabirion, Thebes
Traces of red and blue (?). Part of wreath and fingers of both hands are gone.
Traces of red and blue (?). Part of wreath and fingers of both hands are gone.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Peiraeus: said from the Kabireion.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901