Woman Holding a Child
Artist
Unknown
Datecirca 1400–1150 BCE
MediumTerracotta and pigment
Dimensions5 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (13.3 x 6.3 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes
Object numberG.74.19.2
On View
On viewJenifer Neals and John H. Oakley, Coming of Age in Ancient Greece: Images of Childhood from the Classical Past (exhibition catalogue) (Hanover, NH: The Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2003), cat. no. 21, illus. (b-w), also generally discussed 46 and illus. (color) 30.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions,” November 23, 1975-February 1, 1976.
Hanover, NH, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, "Coming of Age in Ancient Greece," August 23-December 5, 2003; New York, NY, Onassis Foundation Cultural Center, January 22-April 15, 2004; Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati Museum of Art, May 21-August 1, 2004; Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum, September 14-December 5, 2004, cat. no. 21, illus. (b-w), also 46 and illus. (color) 30.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Sacred Motherhood: Mother-and-Child Representations from the Permanent Collection,” May 4–December 7, 2014.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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