Physical Qualities
Bronze, green-brown patina, 12 H x 5-15/16 L x 5-1/16 D in. (including base)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.46.39
Fully three-dimensional, free standing, seated female nude figure wearing a headband with proper left arm bent, hand on hip, and holding a staff in proper right hand. Figure is seated on bunched drapery that rests on the body and extended proper left wing of a peacock (Hera/Juno's attribute). The peacock's head and body are facing away from the figure (so that its neck and head act like the back of a chair, and its body and proper left wing form the seat). Figure and accoutrements are very detailed and precise. Modeling of figure owes much to idealized Greek Classical/Hellenistic sculpture. Base: round/oval natural rocky ground with rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed on base: 'BARYE'. Two labels: L.64.15.47; BMA cat. #408.
