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Allegorical Statuette
English
18th century
about 1780
Object Place: Europe, The Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number44.604
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
Descriptionterracotta sketch. Statuette of an allegorical figure of a woman in classic dress leaning on a short obelisk at her left. On the obelisk sketchily incised are a dolphin, a rearing horse, SPQR, and a lion.
Provenance1944, Ephron Gallery, New York; 1944, sold by the Ephron Gallery to the MFA for $300. (Accession Date: June 8, 1944)