Carlotta - the museum database

NM Ant 1944 :: figurine

Object description: Woman standing on high base; draped in chiton and cloak; the weight is on her right leg; in her arms she holds a small animal, probably a piglet; back part missing. Red clay.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 1944

Serie nummer

3391

Object

figurine

Object, Swedish

skulptur

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Acquisition

Bequest of Mrs. Carolina Benedicks-Bruce, Visby, 1934, to the National Museum, Stockholm.; Reported to have been found in Italy.

Description

Woman standing on high base; draped in chiton and cloak; the weight is on her right leg; in her arms she holds a small animal, probably a piglet; back part missing. Red clay.

Name - Acquired from

Benedicks-Bruce, Carolina

Description: Carolina Maria Benedicks-Bruce (28 October 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Swedish sculptor. After studies at the Academy of Arts in Sweden she went to France, at first to study and later to live and work at the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing where she met her husband William Blair Bruce. With him she returned to Sweden and together they created the artists estate Brucebo on Gotland, which was later established as a nature reserve. She also worked actively with the preservation of heritage buildings, women's right to vote and establishing the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization.
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: en.wikipedia.org

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