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Standing Figure of a Girl Holding a Bird
(Ancient Greece )
This statue depicts a girl holding a bird against her breast. She wears a high girdle with a long overfold to her dress, and bracelets. There is deep drilling in the skirt, in addition to a red deposit (possibly iron). The head is missing.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, 1894, [mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 38]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/26/1961 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/6/1970 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Roman Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 27 15/16 in. (71 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
23.63