COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.190.2066
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
This Etruscan maiden is shown elaborately dressed in a finely crinkled undergarment called a chiton. A heavier overgarment, a himation, is draped diagonally across her chest. She also wears pointed shoes, a fillet with three rosettes on her head, earrings, and a necklace. She gathers part of her dress with her left hand, while her right arm would have been extended. Her pose and her garments find many parallels in contemporary Greek statues of maidens, known as korai, although her shoes and the considerable use of incised, rather than modeled, articulation are thoroughly Etruscan. Like her Greek counterparts, she would have been offered as a dedication in a sanctuary.
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Etruscan
Creator Name-CRT:
Etruscan
Title:
Statuette of a standing maiden
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
late 6th century B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-533
Creation End Date:
-500
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Creation Place:
Italy, Etruria
Dimensions:
H. 11 5/8 in. (29.4 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
17.190.2066
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_17.190.2066.tif
