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A fragment from a moulded votive terracotta plaque in the form of a head of a goddess with close-cropped wavy hair.
Culture
Greek, possibly Attic, mid 5th Century BC
Size
11.4 x 9.2 cms
Condition
Fragment as shown, surface partially covered in a thin layer of light brown accretions
Provenance
Ex. collection: the painter Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin (1850-1916), Paris, France. Acquired in 1911 from Collin by Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925), USA. Bequeathed by Clark to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. in 1925 (accession number 26.551). Gifted to and then deaccessioned by the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C., 2014. Several old labels on the back including a label affixed by Rollin, a pin has been plastered to the back from an old display mounting.
Published: R. Collin, Collection of Antique Grecian, Egyptian and Etruscan Statuettes, Vases, Tanagras, Etc., Paris, 1911.
The Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1928 (and in the 1932 edition).
Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., ‘The William A. Clark Collection,’ 26 April-16 July 1978.
For further information on Rollin and Clarke please see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Collin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Clark
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