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Standing woman (Pudicitia type)
Greek, East Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 250–200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number87.386
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Burr, Terra-cottas from Myrina (MFA), no. 099.
DescriptionStatuette of standing draped woman. She has her right arm crossed to her left hip to support her left elbow. She is looking to the left. She is wearing a chiton and an himation, wrapped around her body and her left arm; she is also wearing earrings and a circlet on her loosely waved hair, which is knot behind (Knidian coiffure); high-soled, forked sandals on her feet. The position of her arms identifies her as a well known sculptural type 'pudicitia' or modest woman. The figure belongs to the group of draped women who were found in graves and were the companions of the deceased.
The head is incorrectly repositioned in recent restoration. Left arm reattached. She is missing four fingers of left hand. Traces of white slip overall.
Light-red clay.
The head is incorrectly repositioned in recent restoration. Left arm reattached. She is missing four fingers of left hand. Traces of white slip overall.
Light-red clay.
ProvenanceBefore 1887, found on the estate of Aristide Baltazzi Bey (b. 1830 - d. 1887), Kalabassary, south of Myrina, Turkey [see note 1]; 1887, sold by Baltazzi to Martin Brimmer (b. 1893 - d. 1947), Boston; 1887, gift of Brimmer to the MFA [see note 2]. (Accession date: November 1, 1887)
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).
NOTES:
[1] According to Museum’s records.
[2] As part of a group of 29 terracottas from the same origin (MFA 87.371-87.399).