Description
The peaked cap suggests that the dancer is a mime who wears the traditional headdress of a clown or buffoon. This figure may represent an individual with the characteristics of dwarfism.
Exhibitions
From Alexander to Cleopatra: Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989.
Provenance
S. Pozzi Collection Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1919, no. 420; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
