Artist: Attributed to the Bastis Master Period: Early Cycladic II Date: 2600–2400 BCE Culture: Cycladic Medium: Marble Dimensions:H. 62.79 cm Classification: Stone Sculpture
Description: Cycladic sculptors produced several identifiable types of marble female figures but with slight variations. Some groups of figures with similar proportions, style, and execution have been attributed to individual artists. The elongated, highly stylized form of this example’s body is characteristic of the Bastis Master, named for its twentieth-century collector. Like all artists in this period, the sculptor’s real name is unknown.
Marble female figure
Artist: Attributed to the Bastis Master
Period: Early Cycladic II
Date: 2600–2400 BCE
Culture: Cycladic
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: H. 62.79 cm
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Description:
Cycladic sculptors produced several identifiable types of marble female figures but with slight variations. Some groups of figures with similar proportions, style, and execution have been attributed to individual artists. The elongated, highly stylized form of this example’s body is characteristic of the Bastis Master, named for its twentieth-century collector. Like all artists in this period, the sculptor’s real name is unknown.
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art