CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.

Large scale figures like the above and lot 49 the bearded god, were produced in Southern Italy and Etruria predominately as votive offerings at sanctuaries. Their classical style of dress and facial features are remarkably reminiscent of Greek marble sculpture of the same period. For a comparable figure of a girl found in the Etruscan city of Capua and now in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (inv: HIM3) see T. Fischer-Hansen, Catalogue, Campania, South Italy and Sicily, 1992, pp. 164-165. Similarities between the two figures include the pose of the arms and the fine details to the folds of the drapery at the front and a smooth un-worked surface to the back. For a male votive statue in every-day dress from northern Campania see Fischer-Hansen, op. cit., pp. 176-177.