Terracotta statuette of a woman

Unknown

1st half of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

This lovely figure in a finely detailed linen chiton and a thin himation (cloak) probably represents a votary. She pulls the himation out to the side like the Archaic korai (statues of young maidens) from the Athenian Akropolis and may have held a bud in the pierced fingers of her left hand.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of the 5th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, probably Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971