Provenance Information

Fortuna Fine Arts, New York; Erika Hughes, acquired from the above, 1996; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by bequest from the above, 2014.

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

Jurgen Thimme, ed., Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millenium B.C. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977), 386, 560, no. 512.

Christie's New York, New York City, Christie's Sale 2490, Antiquities, sale cat. (December 7, 2011), 13.

"Acquisitions 2015," http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Correspondence regarding bequest prior to 2008;

Provenance Information

Purchased through Sotheby’s, New York, February 8th,1985, lot 96; from 1985, collection of Thomas Colville, Guilford, CT; from 2014, on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art; given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Thomas Colville in 2016.

Exhibition Information

The Coroplast’s Art: Greek Terracottas of the Hellenistic World, The Art Museum, Princeton University, September 22 to December 30, 1990; College Art Gallery, The College at New Paltz, State University of New York, February 9 to March 15,1991; and The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, May 26 to July 28, 1991. On display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2014.

Publication Information

1985. Antiquities and Islamic Art. February 8–9, 1985. lot 96.

Uhlenbrock, Jaimee. 1990. The Coroplast's Art: Greek Terracottas of the Hellenistic World no. 23, p. 134, pl. 3, New Rochelle, N.Y.: College Art Gallery, SUNY, New Paltz.

Picón, Carlos A. and Seán Hemingway. 2016. Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World no. 77, p. 165, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Karoglou, Kyriaki. 2016. "The Collection of Greek Terracotta Figurines at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 14: pp. 5–6, n. 31 [p.8], fig. 9.

Karoglou, Kyriaki. 2016. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2014–2016." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, : p. 14.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

This work has confirmed provenance to 1985 when it was sold at auction to its prior owner. This large statuette belongs to a class of statuettes produced to imitate or echo monumental sculptures in bronze or marble. Its large scale, ornate baroque style and quality of execution point to a major colorplastic workshop in Asia Minor, probably Myrina. Although the museum has an outstanding collection of Greek terracottas, this example is an important addition because of its large scale, rich drapery, unusual iconography, excellent preservation, and quality of execution.