Terracotta statuette of a standing woman

Unknown

late 4th–early 3rd century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Terracotta statuette of a standing woman — Unknown

Weight on left leg, right foot drawn to side. Enveloping mantle from shoulders to right ankle and left calf. Right arm bent, hand beneath mantle pulls cloth down from neck. Left hand at hip, zigzag drapery falls from arm to hem. Rough melon coiffure, with punched chignon at nape. Plaque base.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek, probably Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1907

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