An Amazon
Roman
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Parian marble
Measurements
2085 x 717 x 690 mm; 280 mm (Height); 500 mm (Depth)
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Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486324
Summary
Parian marble, An Amazon is a partial copy of a bronze statue of the second half of the 5th century BC, with the addition of a tree trunk and helmet. The head is of the period but from a different statue. She stands with right arm raised bent above her head and against her left hip is a quiver. The torso is of Parian marble without crystals, the head is of Parian marble with crystals.
Provenance
?Collected by Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72), arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M. Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
18 (painted on front of base)
Makers and roles
Roman, sculptor