Female Figurine
- Culture
- Minoan, Cretan, 3500–1500 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age, 3000–1100 BCE
- Date
- 12th century BCE
- Material
- Bronze
- associated with
- Crete region, Greece, Europe
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. (3.7 x 3.2 x 1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edwin and Betty Greenfield Grossman
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 135:1985
Provenance
- 1962
Mrs. Max W. Meyer, purchased in Heraclion, Crete, Greece [1]
by 1967 - 1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grossman, St. Louis, MO, USA, acquired from Max W. Meyers [2]
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grossman [3]
Notes
[1] According to the Deed of Gift, dated December 20, 1985, Mr. and Mrs. Grossman acquired the figurine from Mrs. Max W. Meyer sometime after she purchased it in Heraclion [SLAM document files].
[2] Mr. and Mrs. Grossman lent the object to the Museum from 1968 until they gave it to the Museum in 1985, according to the loan agreement dated August 2, 1968 [SLAM document files]. The object was published in a 1967 exhibition catalog as lent by Mr. and Mrs. Grossman [Mitten, David Gordon and Suzannah F. Doeringer. "Master Bronzes from the Classical World." Mainz on Rhine: Philipp von Zabern, 1967, p. 31, cat. no. 7, ill.].
[3] See note [1]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 14, 1986.
Mrs. Max W. Meyer, purchased in Heraclion, Crete, Greece [1]
by 1967 - 1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grossman, St. Louis, MO, USA, acquired from Max W. Meyers [2]
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grossman [3]
Notes
[1] According to the Deed of Gift, dated December 20, 1985, Mr. and Mrs. Grossman acquired the figurine from Mrs. Max W. Meyer sometime after she purchased it in Heraclion [SLAM document files].
[2] Mr. and Mrs. Grossman lent the object to the Museum from 1968 until they gave it to the Museum in 1985, according to the loan agreement dated August 2, 1968 [SLAM document files]. The object was published in a 1967 exhibition catalog as lent by Mr. and Mrs. Grossman [Mitten, David Gordon and Suzannah F. Doeringer. "Master Bronzes from the Classical World." Mainz on Rhine: Philipp von Zabern, 1967, p. 31, cat. no. 7, ill.].
[3] See note [1]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, February 14, 1986.
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