Marble figure of a woman Artist: Unknown

1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Ancient Art

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

198 × 77 × 46 cm (77 15/16 × 30 5/16 × 18 1/8 in.)
base: 11.4 × 71.1 × 45.7 cm (4 1/2 × 28 × 18 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with the Ruth Elizabeth White Fund and Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

2007.207.1

Culture

Greek, Roman

Period

Roman

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Sotheby's, Sussex (England), 23-24 September 1987; Robert Kime, acquired from the above, 1987; private collection, Paris (France), acquired from the above, late 1980s; Sotheby's, New York, 5 December 2007, lot 69; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired from the above, 2007.

Bibliography
  • Lisa R. Brody and Carol Snow, "A Mystery in Marble: Examining a Portrait Statue through Science and Art," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2010): 30–45, fig. 1–9, 12.
  • Ian McClure, Laurence Kanter, and Lisa R. Brody, "Introduction," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2010): 26, ill.
  • Lisa R. Brody, "Portrait of a Lady: A New Statue at the Yale University Art Gallery," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 143–47, fig. 1, 3.
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 182.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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