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Woman standing

Greek
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Tanagra

Medium/Technique Terracotta
Dimensions 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.908
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionDraped figure of woman standing on a thin plinth. Himation coming below right knee falls over shoulders so as to envelop both arms. Right leg drawn back, head drooped forward, right arm folded on her breast. Traces of blue.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: Bought in London); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903