The sculpture depicts a female warrior figure in a dynamic pose. She wears a helmet with a tall crest in the shape of waves and two large flaps by her ears that give the impression of large, pointed ears. She is seated with one knee slightly raised and is shown stringing a large bow that goes from her shoulders all the way down to her feet. Her body faces us, but her face is turned to the left, looking down at the bow. She has a straight nose, arched eyebrows, and high cheekbones. She is wearing a draped dress and sandals. The sculpture is a dark brown color with some areas of slightly lighter brown, and it reflects the light. It is positioned on a low, flat base of the same material.
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The sculpture depicts a female warrior figure in a dynamic pose. She wears a helmet with a tall crest in the shape of waves and two large flaps by her ears that give the impression of large, pointed ears. She is seated with one knee slightly raised and is shown stringing a large bow that goes from her shoulders all the way down to her feet. Her body faces us, but her face is turned to the left, looking down at the bow. She has a straight nose, arched eyebrows, and high cheekbones. She is wearing a draped dress and sandals. The sculpture is a dark brown color with some areas of slightly lighter brown, and it reflects the light. It is positioned on a low, flat base of the same material.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Amazon Preparing for Battle (Queen Antiope or Hippolyta?), or Armed Venus

Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert

Date
model c. 1860/1872, cast by 1882
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 65.3 x 40.6 x 26.6 cm (25 11/16 x 16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Statuette
Accession number
1987.25.1
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CSD

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century
  • Romantic
  • classical
  • mythology
  • Semiramis
Provenance

Private collection, New York, by early 1987; (Pegasus Fine Arts, New York), by May 1987;[1] purchased 29 May 1987 by NGA. [1] Dealer's information sheet (in NGA curatorial files).

Inscription

incised, probably in the foundry model, on top of base near left foot: EMILE HEBERT; cold-stamped, on rim of base at rear: Servant's foundry cachet

Marks

FM: G. Servant

NGA object ID 69968. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.