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Heavy Female Nude from MIddle Comedy
Greek
Hellenistic
350–300 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia, Thebes
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.900
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionObese nude woman possibly an aging hetaira performing burlesque--a parody of Aphrodite? Similar to Tanagra figurines
Standing on square plinth, with arms crossed on breast.
Front hair red-brown; flesh color pinkish.
Standing on square plinth, with arms crossed on breast.
Front hair red-brown; flesh color pinkish.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: Bought in Paris); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 24, 1903