Archaic Female Protome
Unidentified Rhodian, Greek maker
about 500-475 BCE
Terracotta with black and white slip
Overall: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
S.978.4
Geography
Place Made: Greece, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
Art History 11.01, Art in Ancient Greece, Ada Cohen, Fall 2023
Exhibition History
Acquisitions 1974-1978, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss & Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1978-January 21, 1979.
Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.
Eastern Mediterranean Art from the College Collection, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 8-October 15, 1978.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 13, 2000-February 7, 2005.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 19-November 30, 2008.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 28, 1992-April 22, 1994.
Glimpses of Ancient Life, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection of Ancient Art, Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 19, 2000.
Publication History
Fine Egyptian, Classical, Western Asiatic and Islamic Antiquites, Sale 4082, lot 2, ill., Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, February 17, 1978.
Provenance
Dr. Grete Lehner Bibring [1899-1977], Cambridge, Massachusetts, unknown-1978; Fine Egyptian, Classical, Western Asiatic and Islamic Antiquities, Sale 4082, lot 2, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, February 17, 1978; sold to present collection, 1978.
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