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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2304
Title
Standing Woman (modern copy)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
statue, sculpture
Date
19th-20th century
Period
Modern
Culture
European
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290899

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, traces of paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
23.5 × 10.6 cm (9 1/4 × 4 3/16 in.)
Base: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fogg Museum Classical Collection

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2304
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Weight on left side, right leg bent awkwardly. Left hand holding up folds of himation, right hand across chest holding fan. Head inclined slightly left. Large nose. Fluidly-draped himation with many folds gathered at hip. Chiton with heavy pleats. White slip and blue stripe on himation. Thick, small base. Small firing hole.
Traces of cobalt blue and iron oxide red and pink.

Publication History

  • Laura Mau, "A Pigment Analysis of Greek Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1991), Unpublished, pp. 1-7 passim

Verification Level

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