Statuette of a Seated Woman or Goddess

CultureGreek (Attic)
Titles
  • Statuette of a Seated Woman or Goddess
Date500–470 BC
MediumTerracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 in. (18.7 × 11.7 × 9.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.16
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1935]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1935–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

"Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens," Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 12–December 6, 1992; Tampa Museum of Art, Florida; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, ?–November 28, 1993.

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