More become interested in seeing a statue that has characteristics that catches the viewer s eyes.
Marble statue of an old woman description.
Artists became fascinated with the idea of childhood and old age instead of beauty and masculinity.
More become interested in seeing a statue that has characteristics that catches the viewer s eyes.
Although this statue is known familiarly as the old market woman it probably represents an aged courtesan on her way to a festival of dionysos the god of wine.
The old market woman is an example of realism that evolved in the hellenistic times as well as a votive statue to the god dionysus and a woman that can be compared to a drunk.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 153.
It is said to have been created by julio claudian around the second century although some do believe it is a roman copy of a hellenistic bronze.
This large figure probably was part of a group of funerary statues that were placed within a deep covered niche.
The back of the drapery is not carefully finished as it would not have been visible.
Marble statue of a woman late 4th century b c.
Artists became fascinated with the idea of childhood and old age instead of beauty and masculinity.
The old market woman is a marble sculpture that depicts and resembles older struggling women from the hellenistic age.
The old market woman figure 1 is nothing like what one would expect from a greek statue.
The old market woman is a marble statue that dates back to the early imperial period which also known as the hellenistic period.