Terracotta statuette of a woman shaping a loaf
This is one of a large group of figurines of women variously engaged in preparing food. They were produced in Boeotia during the fifth century B.C. Here a woman leans over a square trough and works a mass of dough into a flat loaf. A dog or pig lies at the base.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta statuette of a woman shaping a loaf
- Period: Archaic
- Date: 1st quarter of the 5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Boeotian
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Overall: 4 13/16 x 8 7/16in. (12.2 x 21.5cm)
- Classification: Terracottas
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1955
- Object Number: 55.11.6
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek
3rd or 4th century BCE (?)
Greek, perhaps from Asia Minor
2nd century BCE
Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter
ca. 465–460 BCE
ca. 7th century BCE
Auguste Rodin
1883
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