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Source Description
In the first decades of the 4th century BCE, artists further refined the representation of facial features: the eyes became more deeply set, the lower eyelid almost disappeared, and the lips and chin became more delicate. The serene expression, the triangular shape of the forehead, and the loosely carved locks of hair on this statue typify the 4th-century variations on the Classical ideal. The head is from a grave monument, and paint would have softened the roughened surface of the hair.
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Document identity
localId
26049
label
Head of a Woman
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
26049
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Woman
description
In the first decades of the 4th century BCE, artists further refined the representation of facial features: the eyes became more deeply set, the lower eyelid almost disappeared, and the lips and chin became more delicate. The serene expression, the triangular shape of the forehead, and the loosely carved locks of hair on this statue typify the 4th-century variations on the Classical ideal. The head is from a grave monument, and paint would have softened the roughened surface of the hair.
provenance
Ludwig and Renata Edelstein [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1965, by bequest.
date
390-375 BCE (Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.5
height
9.6
depth
12.2
dimensionsRaw
5 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 4 13/16 in. (13.5 x 9.6 x 12.2 cm)
style
Attic
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
marble
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
941
2507
2237
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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