Statuette of a Goddess (600-580 BCE): Artwork and History

Statuette of a Goddess (600-580 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Greek; Boeotia.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

This terracotta sculpture was fashioned from locally abundant clay in Boeotia, situated to the northwest of Athens. The standing female wears a tall headdress and a painted necklace with a pomegranate pendant, which suggests that she depicts either Demeter or Persephone, goddesses of the harvest and agricultural fertility, respectively. Statuettes like this one were created in great numbers, probably as gifts to the gods or to be placed in graves.

Object facts

• Title: Statuette of a Goddess
• Date: 600-580 BCE
• Artist attribution: Greek; Boeotia
• Place of origin: Dhodhóni
• Medium: terracotta
• Dimensions: 18.2 × 7.7 × 6.8 cm (7 3/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
• Type: Sculpture
• Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
• Reference number: 1924.1055

Collection credit

George W. Sheldon Fund

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