Greek statuette of a draped female, Asia Minor, c.4th-3rd century BC
Terracotta
Height: 25cm
11759 IVP
Mould-made statuette of a draped female figure, finished by hand. A veil covers her head, and is wrapped around her shoulders in thick folds. She is shown standing in a...
Mould-made statuette of a draped female figure, finished by hand. A veil covers her head, and is wrapped around her shoulders in thick folds. She is shown standing in a slight contrapposto with the weight on her proper right leg, her left arm resting on her hip and her right arm raised. Traces of blue and red pigment to the drapery. Set on an integral circular pedestal. A large rectangular vent hole to the back. The surface with traces of gesso, proper right hand restored.
Nicole and Jean-Michel Thierry, the former an anesthetist and the latter a physician, began assembling their collection in the 1950s, with a primary focus on archaeology. Nicole had been immersed in the world of artifacts from an early age thanks to her father, Charles Barbet (1890-1980), an industrialist and scholar. She grew up surrounded by pre-Columbian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman works.
For them, each object functioned as a testament to a particular culture and historical moment, whilst still being aesthetically beautiful. Some pieces were acquired during their travels, others discovered at flea markets, purchased at public auctions, or obtained from leading antiquarians of the period. Owing to Nicole and Jean-Michel’s rigorous scholarly approach, which involved carefully cataloguing every item, the provenance of their collection can still be traced today, and their extensive archives are now housed at the Institut National de l’Histoire de l’Art, Paris, France.
Nicole and Jean-Michel Thierry, the former an anesthetist and the latter a physician, began assembling their collection in the 1950s, with a primary focus on archaeology. Nicole had been immersed in the world of artifacts from an early age thanks to her father, Charles Barbet (1890-1980), an industrialist and scholar. She grew up surrounded by pre-Columbian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman works.
For them, each object functioned as a testament to a particular culture and historical moment, whilst still being aesthetically beautiful. Some pieces were acquired during their travels, others discovered at flea markets, purchased at public auctions, or obtained from leading antiquarians of the period. Owing to Nicole and Jean-Michel’s rigorous scholarly approach, which involved carefully cataloguing every item, the provenance of their collection can still be traced today, and their extensive archives are now housed at the Institut National de l’Histoire de l’Art, Paris, France.
Provenance
With Nicolas Koutoulakis, Paris, FranceNicole (b.1925) and Jean-Michel (1916-2011) Thierry, France; acquired from the above in 1963, for 900 francs
The inventory can be found at the Institut National de l’Histoire de l’Art, Paris, France
