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Head of a Kore

Head of a Kore

c. 480–460 BCE
Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Location: 102C Greek

Did You Know?

Kore,which means maiden, is also another name for the Greek goddess Persephone.

Description

This small head probably once belonged to a full-body statuette of a young woman, a miniature of the Archaic Greek kore statue type. She has heavily lidded eyes and wears a double-banded fillet around her hair. The face and front of the hair are damaged and weathered. A statuette such as this one was likely made as a votive gift to a goddess.
  • 1900-1924
    (Ludwig Pollak, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1924-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "Three Greek and Roman Heads." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 11, no. 9 (November 1924): 181-182. Mentioned: p. 181-182; Reproduced: p. 179 www.jstor.org
    Langlotz, Ernst. Fruehgriechische Bildhauerschulen. Nuernberg: E. Frommann & Sohn, 1927. Discussed p. 164. Reproduced Pl. 96 a-b.
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 14 archive.org
    Hoffmann, Herbert. Collecting Greek Antiquities. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1971. Discussed p.8, Reproduced fig. 8
    Vermeule, Cornelius C. Greek and Roman Sculpture in America: Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada. Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum and Berkeley: University of California Press. 1981. 41, figure 15
    Croissant, Francis. Les protomés féminines archaïques: recherches sur les représentations du visage dans la plastique grecque de 550 à 480 av. J.-C. Athènes: Ecole française d'Athènes, 1983. Discussed p. 114-115, 304, 336,340, 343. Reproduced pl 32.
    Merkel Guldan, Margarete. Die Tagebücher von Ludwig Pollak: Kennerschaft und Kunsthandel in Rom, 1893-1934. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1988. Reproduced Pl. 18
  • {{cite web|title=Head of a Kore|url=false|author=|year=c. 480–460 BCE|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.538