Terracotta statuette of an actor
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Fourteen of these figures are said to have been found together in a burial in Attica. They are among the earliest known statuettes of actors and are superbly executed and preserved. Originally they were brightly painted. They document the beginning of standardized characters and masks, indicating the popularity not of a specific figure but of types\u2014the old man, the slave, the courtesan, etc.\u2014that appeared repeatedly in different plays. By the mid-fourth century B.C., Attic examples or local copies were known throughout the Greek world, from Southern Russia to Spain.Free picture Terracotta statuette of an actor integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
