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Section of a funerary pediment perhaps depicting a fallen Amazon
Greek, South Italian
Hellenistic Period
about 280 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height (max.) x width x depth: 13 x 21.5 x 4.2 cm (5 1/8 x 8 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number1985.343
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 014.
DescriptionRelief from the pediment of a small structure, probably funerary. Triangular, with finished sides. A fallen Amazon, dressed in Phrygian cap, tunic and trousers, lies in a rocky landscape, left arm over her head, left leg crossed over the right, left knee upraised. Her head rests on a rock at left. Entering at lower left side is a leg and foot probably belonging to a figure on the (missing) companion relief from the pediment.
All the edges are finished fairly smoothly, the right edge and the bottom particularly so. The back has the marks of a flat chisel but is evened off to a fair degree of smoothness. The usual yellow patina covers almost every surface except at the upper left corner, where there is slight chipping.
Probably from Tarentum.
All the edges are finished fairly smoothly, the right edge and the bottom particularly so. The back has the marks of a flat chisel but is evened off to a fair degree of smoothness. The usual yellow patina covers almost every surface except at the upper left corner, where there is slight chipping.
Probably from Tarentum.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr. (from the art market in Paris); purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., June 26, 1985