Maximos (Koroplast)
Maximos ( ancient Greek Μάξιμος ) or Masimos ( Μάσιμος ) was a Greek Koroplast who was active in Asia Minor , possibly in Smyrna , in the early 2nd century .
Maximos is only known from a signature on a clay statuette of the goddess Artemis Ephesia . The goddess stands on a rectangular base to which a staircase leads. Her arms are outstretched, in her hands she is holding thick, downward sloping strands of wool. She wears a polo shirt on her head , her face is covered by a veil, which is flanked by two barely recognizable protomes . She wears two necklaces, under which three rows of breast-like structures can be seen, between the lower half of the body and the woolen strands there is a deer with bushy antlers on each side.
The statuette has been in the British Museum in London since 1972 .
literature
- Lucilla Burn, Reynold Higgins : Catalog of Greek terracottas in the British Museum . British Museum Press, London 2001, ISBN 9780714122212 , p. 131.
- Martin Dennert: Maximos . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , p. 57.
Remarks
- ↑ Inventory number 1971.0924.1 , entry in the database of the British Museum.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maximos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Masimos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Koroplast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |