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Source Description
This unique and beautifully preserved figurine was one of the first Greek experiments in casting the female form in bronze. She may have been a votive offering, possibly to the goddess Artemis. The simple facial features, horizontal layers of hair, awkward proportions, and solid form date this statuette to early in the Orientalizing period.
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Document identity
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10327
label
Goddess or Maiden
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obj
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Source metadata
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10327
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object
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normalized
title
Goddess or Maiden
description
This unique and beautifully preserved figurine was one of the first Greek experiments in casting the female form in bronze. She may have been a votive offering, possibly to the goddess Artemis. The simple facial features, horizontal layers of hair, awkward proportions, and solid form date this statuette to early in the Orientalizing period.
provenance
Tyszkiewicz Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Tyszkiewicz Collection Sale, 1898, no. 134; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
675-650 BCE (Orientalizing)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Metal
figurines
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
18.2
height
5.4
depth
6
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 3/16 x W: 2 1/8 x D: 2 3/8 in. (18.2 x 5.4 x 6 cm)
Source extras
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Greek
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bronze
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6256
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13
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