Young girl, front view.
Title
Young girl , front view .
Date
Late 1st century BCE or early 1st century CE
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style) Imperial (Roman)
Subject
Sculpture Children Youth Girls Clothing & dress Sandals Footwear Hairstyles
Description
"The nose , chin , and fingers on the right hand and the complete left hand are modern . This exceptionally well-preserved statue is striking for its elegant pose and the complexity of the garment and hairstyle . The very young girl represented (but is it only a portrait?) has styled her hair in a very unusual manner - parted in the middle with small spit curls above the forehead and on the temples , as in certain portraits of Agrippina as Venus ; yet in the case of this idealized face , locks of hair are pulled back to the top and back of the head and on the nape of the neck to form three knots . […] At first glance , the figure's bearing and garments seem simple : leaning on her right leg , with her left foot in a sandal set slightly forward , the young girl wears a thin pleated tunic under a wool cloak , which she is preparing to throw back over her left shoulder with her right hand . The exact arrangement of the clothing is more complex than it appears : the cloak tucked under the left armpit is kept in place by the left arm , which is held forward , and it seems to reappear under her chest ready to be draped over the left shoulder , giving the impression that the young girl is wearing two layers of clothing . The stark contrast between the two fabrics and the regular , nearly straight cut of the cloak reaching to the bottom of the legs evokes Greek works of the fourth century B.C. , in particular the muse holding a double flute on one of the Mantinea plaques attributed to Praxiteles's workshop . […] But both the young girl's hairstyle and the complexity of the upper folds of her garment are drawn from the repertoire of Hellenistic sculpture . Several muses feature clothing rendered in a similar , if not identical , manner […]. " (Excerpt from catalogue entry by Jean-Luc Martinez , p . 141) . Discovered in Rome in the 1790s (?) . Documented in the Louvre's collections in 1806 (MA 682-INV . MR 203) . Restorer : P . Klein , 2005 .
Material
Marble (from Mount Pentelikon [?], Athens) Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 56 3/4 in (144 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.[140], cat.79).
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 762-17.jpg
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