ID: 700000064 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000064	Record Type: Movable Work
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Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dancer (statue; unknown Greek; 3rd-2nd centuries BCE; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1972.118.95)

Note: The complex motion of this dancer is conveyed exclusively through the interaction of the body with several layers of dress. Over an undergarment that falls in deep folds and trails heavily, the figure wears a lightweight mantle, drawn tautly over her head and body by the pressure applied to it by her right arm, left hand, and right leg. Its substance is conveyed by the alternation of the tubular folds pushing through from below and the freely curling softness of the fringe. The woman's face is covered by the sheerest of veils, discernible at its edge below her hairline and at the cutouts for the eyes. Her extended right foot shows a laced slipper. This dancer has been convincingly identified as one of the professional entertainers, a combination of mime and dancer, for which the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria was famous in antiquity.

Titles:

Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dancer (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Ancient Greek art

Creation Date: 3rd-2nd centuries BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Greek [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Greek (Greek cultural designation) [500125237]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Al Iskandarīyah [7001188] Al-Iskandarīyah governorate (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1972.118.95

Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971

Display Materials: bronze

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: 8 1/16 × 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in., 65.6oz. (20.5 × 8.9 × 11.4 cm, 4.1 lb.)

Cultures:

Greek (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Hellenistic [300020101] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	dancer [300025653]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>, performing artists) (AAT)

	mime (performer) [300343595]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in the arts and related occupations>, <people in the arts>, <people in the performing arts>, performing artists) (AAT)

	human females [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	drapery (representations) [300262585]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	veil (headcloth) [300046128]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear, headcloths (headgear)) (AAT)

Provenance: Said to be from Alexandria (Thompson 1950, p. 379). Until 1948, collection of Joseph Brummer; September 14, 1948, purchased by Walter C. Baker from the estate of Joseph Brummer; acquired June 23, 1972, bequest of Walter C. Baker.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Statuette of a Veiled and Masked Dancer	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/255408

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 9 March 2018