Statuette of a Seated Old Woman
400–200 B.C.
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Dimensions
- 11.5 × 5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-248361
The figure of an old woman, hunched slightly forward, is seated on a stool. She wears a chiton, beneath which the sagging breasts and belly are visible; originally the arms were extended forward. The very large head has roughly modeled, caricatured facial features: furrowed eyebrows on a forehead marked by two deep creases, elongated eyes with upper eyelids exaggerated to suggest swelling, broad nose, large mouth with half-open swollen lips twisted into a mocking smile. The hair is pulled back into a sakkos, or fabric cap, that culminates in a broad bow. She wears sandals, and there are small holes on either the side of the head. Statuettes depicting seated old women belong to the repertory of comic-theater characters, whose physical imperfections were a source of humor.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Registry history
- 400–200 B.C. — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — sculpture
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