Title
Female Worshiper, c. 1600-1500 BC. Creator: Unknown.
Caption
Female Worshiper, c. 1600-1500 BC. This extremely rare Minoan bronze statuette represents a girl worshiping a deity. It was probably left as a dedication to a divinity. She wears a flounced skirt over a sleeved robe open at the front. The figure shows a remarkable degree of detail, including looped earrings, bracelets, and a necklace. Her shaved hairstyle, not found on any other Minoan bronze statuette, matches that of painted figures in roughly contemporary frescoes uncovered on the island of Thera, north of Crete. Its excellent condition, rarity, fine detail, and balanced proportions set it apart from other statuettes of its type to have survived.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F80_434
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
17,0Mb (975,7Kb) / 6,6in x 10,0in / 1978 x 3000 (300dpi)