Caption

Terracotta figurine of a veiled woman, Dancers, molded female figurine in the Tanagra style, fine-grained red clay. Figure of a standing woman in contrapposto wearing a long chiton and a himation covering the head, lower face, and upper torso. Both arms bent — right hand placed in front on the breasts, left behind on the back. Probably the figure of a masked dancer. Condition: base stamped, head glued. 3rd century BC, Tanagra Greece. Sculpture; height 15.9 cm, width 4.8 cm., A standing statue of a robed figure rendered in a brownish material against a plain gray background, showing draped clothing with a hooded head and covered face, visible folds and pleats in the garment, a posture with one arm bent behind the back creating a gathers at the waist, textured surface with worn and slightly uneven areas, and subtle variations of brown and tan tones contrasted with the neutral gray backdrop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_469

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.7Mb (1.5Mb) / 10.0in x 20.0in / 3013 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Terracotta figurine veiled woman Dancers molded female figurine Tanagra style fine-grained red clay Figure standing woman contrapposto wearing long chiton himation covering head lower face upper torso arms bent right hand placed front breasts left back figure masked dancer Condition base stamped head glued 3rd century BC Tanagra Greece Sculpture height 15.9 cm width 4.8 cm standing statue robed figure rendered brownish material plain gray background showing draped clothing hooded head covered face visible folds pleats garment posture arm bent back creating gathers waist textured surface worn slightly uneven areas subtle variations brown tan tones contrasted neutral gray backdrop.