Marble statuette of a woman
The figure is a reduced version of a type that is known in numerous Roman copies. The inscription on the base of our example gives the name Europa. She is best known as the princess carried off to Crete by Zeus in the form of a bull. Their children were Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon. Thanks to depictions in vase-paintings, other representations are known of Europa standing and wrapped in a cloak, rather than seated on the back of a bull. The identity of the work, however, remains a subject of scholarly discussion.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marble statuette of a woman
- Period: Mid-Imperial, Antonine
- Date: ca. 138–193 CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Marble, Pentelic
- Dimensions: H. 16 3/8 in. (41.6 cm)
- Classification: Stone Sculpture
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924
- Object Number: 24.97.31
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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