Seated Female Figure

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Artist Unknown Greek

CultureGreek (Boeotian)

Titles

Seated Female Figure

Date300–200 BC

Made inTanagra, Greece

MediumTerracotta

Dimensions7 7/8 × 4 1/4 × 4 in. (20 × 10.8 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., Nancy and Mark Abendshein, and Lisa and Downing Mears, in memory of Isabel B. Wilson

Object number2012.267

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

200 Jamail Atrium

Exposé

Explore Further

Department

Antiquities

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceLouis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras, France, by 1878-1899 [1];
by inheritance to his heirs, France, until 2009 [2];
[Ruellan Auction, Jacques-Philippe Ruellan, Vannes, France, April 4, 2009, lot 346] [3].
[Christie’s, New York, June 8, 2012, lot 95] [4];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2012-Present

[1] Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899) was a French archaeologist, painter, and passionate collector of antiquities born in Lille, France on October 20th, 1819. It is currently unknown where Bellon acquired this figure, but it was published as part of his collection by 1878 and displayed at teh Paris World Fair that year. This figure remained part of his private collection until his death on May 20th 1899.
[2] The Bellon collection was inherited by his son Paul (1844-1928) and then remained with the family through the 20th century.
[3] A significant portion of the Bellon collection were auctioned in 2009 (Jacques-Philippe Ruellan Auction), including this piece as no. 345.
[4] Acquired at this sale by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Exhibition HistoryParis World Fair, Trocadero, 1878
Published References Gazette de Beaux Arts, Paris, 1878, pp. 358-360. Ruellan, Jack-Philippe Gallery, Les antiques de Louis-Gabriel Bellon (1819-1899), Auction Catalogue, 4 April 2009, no. 345, p. 53. Christie’s, Antiquities, 8 June 2012, no. 95 (sale 2565).

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