Artemis and the Stag
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Artemis and the Stag is an early Roman Imperial or Hellenistic bronze sculpture of the ancient Greek goddess Artemis. In June 2007 the Albright-Knox Art Gallery placed the statue into auction; it fetc
On display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Himation
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A himation was a type of clothing, a mantle or wrap worn by ancient Greek men and women from the Archaic period through the Hellenistic period. It was usually worn over a chiton or peplos, but was mad
Artemis and the Stag
…wavy and parted, gathered at the back in a chignon. She wears a short chiton that folds at the waist and billows outwards and is partly covered by a himation. On her feet are laced sandals, and a stag stands alongside her. It is thought that the original sculpture may have included a jumping dog to the right…
Statues at the "House of Cleopatra" in Delos, Greece. Woman and man wearing himatia
This image is the Bronze Statue of a Roman Aristocratic Boy, wearing himation, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sitting Achilles wrapped in a himation, from c. 500 BC
The Terracotta Amphora from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, showing a judge in himation