Danaids1.0081_Descomps

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Joseph-Jules-Emmanuel Descomps, called Cormier (1869-1950), "La Danaïde (with Amphora)" (ca. 1926), terra cotta miniature culpture, 37 x 28 x 18 cm. A nude female figure is seated and holds an amphora in the crook of her right arm. Note conflict with description of Musée d'Orsay inv. no. 3187, arguably equivalent to Danaids2.0082_Descomps.

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Terracotta sculpture of a seated nude woman, her left arm resting on an amphora, drapery over her legs

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
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