Female statuette
Unknown Artist
ca. 1550–60
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
Height: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French, Troyes
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1925
Accession Number
25.120.506
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant *Female Statuette*, carved from stone around 1550–60 in Troyes, France, stands at an impressive 40 inches tall, capturing the grace of a Renaissance ideal. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Cloisters Collection since 1925, it the refined sculptural traditions of northern France during a time when artists drew inspiration from classical antiquity and Italian Renaissance masters. Troyes, a thriving center in the Champagne region, was renowned for its skilled stone carvers who adorned cathedrals and civic buildings with lifelike figures. Crafted in the European Sculpture an...