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Goddess

4th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number15.856
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceRumored to have been found near the Eleusinion between the Athenian Agora and the Acropolis; by 1915: with C. Codekas, 3 North Main Street, Pittston, Pa. (said by him to have been found in Athens but later said by him to have been found in Piraeus); purchased by MFA, May 6, 1915, for $ 1,000.00
Bust of a boy with a braided sidelock
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
about 480 B.C.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
late 5th century B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.
Goddess or woman
about 325–300 B.C.
Female torso
2nd–1st century B.C.
Torso of Aphrodite
about 125–25 B.C. (after a Greek type of the 4th century B.C.