Caption

Female terracotta figurine of a standing woman, depicted frontally. Set on a small, hollow, bottomless base, rectangular at the front and oval at the back. A large, rectangular opening at the back shows clear traces of carving in the unfired clay. The woman stands with legs slightly apart, weight on the straight right leg, left leg bent slightly forward. Arms lowered, slightly bent at the elbows; hands hold a cloak at hip level. Head turned slightly to the left on a long neck; elongated face with very faint features; long combed-back hair over the shoulders. A polos on her head is decorated with a horizontal red line. Garments fit snugly with plastically defined folds. Traces of red polychrome on a white ground cover the entire surface; lines highlight garment folds and mark a necklace, and the belt tying the peplos. Damaged polychrome. 5th century BC, Greece. Height 19.6 cm., A standing sculpted figure on a rectangular base, rendered in weathered off-white and beige tones with areas of pale brown and faded reddish markings; the figure wears a long draped garment that falls to the base and has an indistinct face and head covering, with surface irregularities, pitting, and worn textures across the body and base against a neutral gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_155

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50.4Mb (1.1Mb) / 9.8in x 20.0in / 2937 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Female terracotta figurine standing woman depicted frontally Set small hollow bottomless base rectangular front oval back large rectangular opening clear traces carving unfired clay woman stands legs slightly apart weight straight right leg left leg bent slightly forward Arms lowered slightly bent elbows hands hold cloak hip level Head turned slightly left long neck elongated face faint features long combed-back hair shoulders polos head decorated horizontal red line Garments fit snugly plastically defined folds Traces red polychrome white ground cover entire surface lines highlight garment folds mark necklace belt tying peplos Damaged polychrome 5th century BC Greece Height 19.6 cm standing sculpted figure rectangular base rendered weathered off-white beige tones areas pale brown faded reddish markings figure wears long draped garment falls base indistinct face head covering surface irregularities pitting worn textures across body neutral gray background.