The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Marble female figure

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Marble female figure

Period:: Early Cycladic I
Date:: 3200–2700 B.C.
Culture:: Cycladic
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)
Classification:: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1945
Accession Number:: 45.11.4

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 151

Description

Of particular interest is the treatment of the head, which strongly depends upon Neolithic antecedents.
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