Peplophoros
Peplophoros
Date1st century BCE or 1st century CE
Mediummarble
Dimensionsobject: 40 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (102.9 x 26 x 28.6 cm)
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Object number1978.4.2
Subject(s)
- female figure
- women
- figure
Collection
- Antiquity
Sub-Collection(s)
- Roman
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextKnown as a peplos, the garment that this figure wears and how it has been carved helps us give a date to the object. Though she would have been created in the Roman period, the rendering of the folds which fall straight to the feet indicate that this is a copy of an earlier Greek sculpture from around 470 BC. Close analysis of the visible breaks has shown that her arms were probably originally held down and slightly extended, with the right possibly held slightly higher than the left. Though the drapery does not reveal her legs as is the case with the Apollo Kitharista nearby, her right foot is positioned forward, inviting us to imagine that her right leg is slightly bent. Also not immediately perceptible to the eye is the fact that her legs are disproportionately long, echoing earlier versions of these types of sculptures which were more block-like and less naturalistic.
