Standing with her weight on her right leg, the left leg slightly bent, looking towards her left; the hair gathered at the nape of the neck; dressed in a short pleated sleevelesschiton, puffed up at the waist and falling above her knees, small boots with the strings tied above the ankles; carrying a quiver held by a strap passing over the right shoulder across her breasts; her lowered left arm was probably holding a bow, her right arm raised above her shoulder in the act of drawing an arrow from her quiver; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Mr. A.J. collection, Geneva, Switzerland.
Acquired in Europe in 2014.
Private collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11793-206487

LITERATURE:
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques De Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 66, for a similar figure; see also Artemis in Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), vol.II, 1 and 2, Zurich-Munich, 1984, under voice Artemis, pp.618ff., pl.442, especially nos.328 and 351.

FOOTNOTES:
This example depicts a well-attested type of Diana (Greek Artemis) goddess of the hunt. The slight swaying and the folds of the garment recall a Greek work of the classical period, widely copied by the Romans. The statuette is a good artwork from the Roman period, with identical copies spread throughout the empire, as many similar figures came from Naples, Bligny-sur-Dache, Trebizond, Carnuntum, and Vienna. The statuette was probably intended for a domestic altar (lararium).