The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of June 24, 2025
Woman's Head with Crown
500s BCE
Location: 102D Pre-Roman
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In ancient Greek sculpture, a wide crown often denoted a matron deity like Hera or Demeter.Description
This terracotta sculpture depicts a woman with a wide headdress that is partly broken off. Her face is rendered in an Archaic style, with her mouth and eyes in low relief and her lips lifting upward in a serene smile. Originally, details such as the eyes and decoration on the headdress would probably have been painted on the surface of the sculpture.- {{cite web|title=Woman's Head with Crown|url=false|author=|year=500s BCE|access-date=24 June 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.516