| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Title: | Girl with Offering |
| Context: | Probably from Corinth |
| Findspot: | Said to be found at Corinth |
| Summary: | Statuette of a girl holding an offering tray |
| Object Function: | Votive |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue? |
| Category: | Single sculpture? |
| Style: | High Classical |
| Technique: | Solid cast |
| Original or Copy: | Original |
| Date: | ca. 450 BC |
| Dimensions: | H 0.13 m |
| Scale: | Miniature |
| Region: | Corinthia |
| Period: | High Classical |
Subject Description:
A young woman, advancing slightly (with her left foot forward), holds a tray of cakes and fruit at waist level, in both hands. She is dressed in a thick chiton, belted at the waist, and pinned at the shoulders, which was originally decorated around the neckline. Her long curly hair is arranged in locks falling down her back; it is bound in a studded stephane (or hairband) on the crown of her head. Her posture is uncertain, and she looks straight ahead, slightly down, perhaps an indication of her servile status.
Form & Style:
There is an attachment hole, in the lower rear of the girl's garment.
Langlotz suggested that this figurine was created by a school of sculptors at Kleonai; Lippold and Neugebauer rather thought she was created by a school at Argos, associated with the Argive Heraion (Lippold compared her to the head of a type found commonly at that site).
Condition: Intact
Condition Description:
Surface has green patina, with some whitish-tan incrustations and traces of gilding around the neckline.
Collection History: E.P. Warren Collection. Acquired by the MFA in 1898.
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