Follower of the Cult of Isis, front view.
Title
Follower of the Cult of Isis , front view .
Date
Imperial Roman era?
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Subject
Sculpture Women Clothing & dress Hairstyles Cults
Description
"With her hair separated in two sections of coiled locks , this figure is dressed in a long tunic , its folds slipping off to expose the right shoulder . A heavy fringed cloak hangs from the left shoulder and is wrapped around the body , under the right arm , and gathered in a knot at her chest . The fringed edge of the fabric drops in "napkin " folds from the center . The left arm emerges obliquely from this drapery just enough to expose the hand . […] With fabric slung from one shoulder , like the vertical motif that echoes the front panel of Egyptian dress in antiquity , this style of dress is indicative of the cult of Isis. " (Excerpt from catalogue entry by Christophe Piccinelli-Dassaud , p . 238) . Provenance unknown . Deposit 1959 , Musée Guimet (MA 4726-INV . MND 2168) . Restorer : H . Bluzat , 2005 .
Material
Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 38 5/8 in (98 cm)
Technique
Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture Statues
Repository
Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source
Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.238, cat.164).
Rights
Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 762-29.jpg
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