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Standing woman wearing thick wreath
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
late 2nd century B.C.
Findspot: Asia Minor, Aeolis, Myrina, estate of M.Aristide-Bey Baltazzi at Kalabassary
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number87.381
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 082.
DescriptionDraped woman standing. She has her left hand resting on her hip and the right hanging down. She wears a chiton and over that an himation, which is wrapped over her arms. She has her hair tied in a knot and wears a thick wreath on her head and earrings in her ears. She stands on a plinth which is restored with plaster.
She evidently derives from the draped women of the Tanagra traditon. It has been said for the the draped standing figures that they were intented to evoke the women in the family of the deceased (since they have been mostly found in graves), who will visit and tend to grave.
Creamy paint on her head. Red clay.
She evidently derives from the draped women of the Tanagra traditon. It has been said for the the draped standing figures that they were intented to evoke the women in the family of the deceased (since they have been mostly found in graves), who will visit and tend to grave.
Creamy paint on her head. Red clay.
ProvenanceBefore 1887, found on the estate of Aristide Baltazzi Bey (b. 1830 - d. 1887), Kalabassary, south of Myrina, Turkey [see note 1]; 1887, sold by Baltazzi to Martin Brimmer (b. 1893 - d. 1947), Boston; 1887, gift of Brimmer to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession date: November 1, 1887)
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).