Richter, Gisela Marie Augusta, 1882-1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art · leaf 130
92 FOURTH ROOM has disappeared, the corners of the mouth are now turned down too far. But these are small faults. What makes this statuette a masterpiece of Greek art is the largeness of conception which the artist has been able to impart to it … FIG. 55. BRONZE STATUETTE pose and the large style in jumper(?) which the figure is executed suggest that it may be a copy of a full-sized statue. It was probably intended as a votive offering. A statuette of an athlete leaning forward and holding Case G both arms before him (fig. 55; Case G) is an…
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