Terracotta head of a woman
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Rogers Fund, 1923
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Human Figure Both · 99%
A modeled human head and neck are directly visible; the catalog identifies the subject as a woman.
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Face Both · 99%
The composition is dominated by a frontal female face with eyes, brows, nose, mouth, cheeks, and chin visibly rendered.
Styles and Movements
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Figurative Sculpture Visual · 97%
The object depicts a recognizable human head with modeled facial features, hair, neck, and shoulders.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Detailed Visual · 82%
The facial planes, eyelids, brows, lips, and numerous overlapping locks of hair are clearly articulated through modeling.
Medium and Techniques
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Sculpture Both · 99%
The image clearly shows a three-dimensional modeled head, and the catalog classifies the object as a terracotta head.
Time Periods
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Ancient Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the object to the 3rd–2nd century BCE.
Materials
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Terracotta Both · 99%
The catalog specifies terracotta as the medium, and the image shows a warm earthen ceramic surface.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Greek Art and Architecture Metadata · 90%
The recorded place of origin is Greek, South Italian, Tarentine.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Terracotta head of a woman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.