Description:
A statuette of a seated goddess with a flat, hand-modeled body, sharply leaning backwards, her hands resting on her knees; her chair or throne is absent, but to prevent the figurine from falling backwards a single back support was attached instead. This is a feature that is unique to Boeotia.
Similarly the serpentine cord decoration is something that can only be seen on Boeotian art.
There are traces of the original paint at the collar of the garment.
Published:
Collection of Antique Grecian, Egyptian, and Etruscan Statuettes, Vases, Tanagras, etc., made by Raphaël Collin, of Paris, France (1911), p. 4, no. 30; Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection (Washington, DC, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1928), p. 103, no. 2533; Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection (Washington, DC, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1932), p. 107, no. 2533; Sue McGovern-Huffman, The Senator William A. Clark Collecion of Ancient Art (Washington, DC, Sands of Time Ancient Art, 2022), p. 52.
Dating:
Greece, Boeotia, circa 550 - 500 B.C.
Size:
Height circa 20 cm.
Provenance:
Collection of Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850 – 1916), a French painter who assembled his collection with the assistance of experts from the Louvre Museum, Paris, between 1890 and 1910; thence collection of the American politician Senator William Andrews Clark Sr. (1839 - 1925), bought from the above; thence collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC (1926 - 2014), received as a bequest from the above; thence collection of the American University Museum, Washington DC (2014 - 2021), received as a gift from the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery; thence with Sands of Time Gallery, Washington DC.
Condition:
Reassembled, the left hand missing, minor damage to the headdress; some of the original polychrome remaining.
Price
€ 7,000
Stock number:
C1368