It is typical for the art of Boeotia that it has held on to an old, traditional formal language for a long time. This is also evident in this statuette with its old-fashioned flat idol form and the more or less schematically arranged garment folds. In contrast, the face shows the stylistic forms of the classical period. It is a criterion for dating it to the second half of the 5th century BC (AVS).
Former Erhart Kästner Collection, Wolfenbüttel
Clay / form the mould
Height: 17.9 cm
Auf einem kastenförmigen Sockel stehende Frau mit seitlich erhobenen Armen (Epiphanie-Gestus), gehüllt in ein bodenlanges Gewand, das nur die Fußspitzen frei lässt. Das Gewand fällt in geraden, linienhaften Falten von der Armen herab. Schulterlanges, welliges Haar.
Terrakotten (83)
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