Old nurse carrying a child

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 15.5 cm

Date

4th century B.C.

Period

Classical Period 480–323)?; Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)?

Material

clay

Iconography

nurse ; aged woman ; chiton ; mantle ; child ; pilos / pileus

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.323

ID

Hyp-6726

Condition

Broken across the chest and feet, mended. Right side of the base restored.

References

Oroszlán 1930, 87, no. E 146; Oroszlán in JbMBK 9 (1937–39), 221, 250, no. 5, fig. 6

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.