TAR0541

Identifiant

TAR0541

MGU5531P

Datation

350 av. J.-C. – 200 av. J.-C.

Site (nom actuel)

Taranto

Lieu de conservation

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

Inventaire

2015.66

État de conservation

Corps et tête très abimés, lacunes

Conditions d’acquisition

Purchase, 2005 Benefit and Philippe de Montebello Funds; Spiro Latsis, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler, Anonymous, James H. and Zoe Moshovitis, Dr. and Mrs. Roy Vagelos, Lewis M. Dubroff, Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Beinecke, Cynthia Hazen Polsky, Jeannette and Jonathan Rosen, Annette de la Renta, Basil P. Goulandris, Andrés A. Mata, Joyce Frank Menschel, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ruddock, Shelby White, and James and Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Gifts, in honor of Mary Jaharis, 2015. Prior to 1930, found in Taranto, South Italy; by 1930, private collection, Europe; until 1957, collection of Dr. Jacob Hirsch, Lucerne, Switzerland ; 1957, purchased by Henning Throne-Holst through Ars Antiqua, Lucerne; 1957-1988, collection of Henning Throne-Holst, Djursholm, Sweden; 1988, purchased by Mr. Thomas Colville through Christie’s, London; 1988-2015, collection of Mr. Thomas Colville, New York; acquired in 2015, purchased from Thomas Colville.

Nature du marqueur

Statue

Marqueur

Commentaire sur la nature

Statue Figure isolée

Qualificatif

figuré

Matériau

Pierre

Commentaire sur le matériau

Marbre et calcaire

Dimensions (Hauteur, largeur, épaisseur)

123 cm

Technique de manufacture

ronde-bosse ; statue composite (tête en marbre)

Commentaire sur la manufacture

sculpté en ronde-bosse

Motifs iconographiques

femme

saccos

Commentaire sur les représentations

"This young woman held an object in her right hand, perhaps a fan. The statue was originally likely part of a funerary group of an aristocratic woman with her attendant that would have served as a tomb marker. It was not uncommon during the Hellenistic period in Southern Italy to carve the heads of significant commissions in imported marble and use local limestone for the bodies. The Greek city of Tarentum had a particularly distinctive sculptural tradition of limestone funerary monuments, other fragmentary examples of which can be seen in the nearby case for luxury arts of Southern Italy." (Met Museum)

Commentaire sur la datation

"late 4th or 3rd century B.C."

Bibliographie

Metropolitan Museum