Statue

Reproduction

Object Number:

MS3520

Current Location:

Trescher Entrance

Culture:

Greek

Provenience:

Italy
Campania
Herculaneum

Manufacture Location:

Naples

Maker:

J. Chiurazzi and Fils

Locus:

Villa dei Papiri

Date Made:

1903

Early Date:

1903

Late Date:

1903

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Bronze

Technique:

Cast

Iconography:

Dancer

Description:

Actress. Standing, frontal figure of woman dressed in long Doric peplos which falls in folds to ground leaving only toes exposed. Right hand raised high above head as if holding a hydria on her head. Left arm at side, hand holding up a bit of her dress. Hair: in locks brushed forward on top of head; around forehead it is parted in the middle with wavy strands undulating horizontally; it falls behind down to the lower part of the shoulder and is held together there by a narrow band. At shoulders the overfold of the peplos (apoptygma) is held in place by a hemispherical rosette button. Original found at the Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum.

Height:

173cm

Credit Line:

Commissioned by John Wanamaker on behalf of Museum from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry)

Other Number:

5604

Naples Museum Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

J. Chiurazzi & Fils - Naples, Italy - Bronze Foundry - Reproductions of the Bronzes found at Pompeii and Herculaneum and at present in the National Museum of Naples (30 Apr 1904 - 01 Dec 1904)

Sharpe Circle / Trescher Entrance Renovation (2002)

Bibliography:

[Book] Mattusch, Carol C. 2005. The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum: Life and Afterlife of a Sculpture Collection. : Page/Fig./Plate: 195-197; 212-215

[Catalogue] Chiurazzi, Salavatore. 1929. Riproduzioni di Opere Classiche in Bronzo e Marmo.

[Catalogue] S. Chiurazzi & Fils. 1904. S. Chiurazzi & Fils Naples Italy Bronze Foundry. Reproductions of the Bronzes Found at Pompei and Herculaneaum and at Present in the National Museum in Naples. The Collection of Bronzes Made Upon the Order of John Wanamaker of Philadelphia for the.

[Catalogue] J. Chiurazzi and Fils. 1901. J. Chiurazzi & Fils. Fournisseurs de Cours et Musees. Etablissements.