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  Statue of a woman, known as the "Lady of Auxerre" | Musée du Louvre
This statuette of a woman was purchased in 1895 by the manager of the theater at Auxerre, who used it as decoration for an operetta.
The Lady of Auxerre stands upright, her left arm by her side, her right folded across her chest, in the strict frontality that is characteristic of the Daedalic.
She is clothed in a sheath dress held in at the waist by a large belt; on her shoulders is a cape.
www.louvre.fr /llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT<>cnt_id=10134198673225816&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE<>cnt_id=10134198673225816&FOLDER<>folder_id=9852723696500782&fromDept=true&baseIndex=47&bmUID=1148648794280&bmLocale=en   (856 words)

  
 ekathimerini.com | Rendezvous with Lady of Auxerre
The famous «Lady of Auxerre» is waiting to be seen by the Greek public beneath the sky that first saw her created, before returning home to the Louvre Museum in Paris.
A small sculpture depicting a Kore or an ancient goddess, it was found in a storeroom at the Museum of Auxerre near Paris in 1907 by a curator from the Louvre, where it has been on permanent display.
It is revisiting Athens thanks to the generous sponsorship of J.T. International for the Eleutherna exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic Art's new wing in the Stathatos Mansion (Vassilissis Sofias and 1 Irodotou) until March 2.
www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/_w_articles_civ_1473580_29/01/2005_52370   (180 words)

  
 KAIRATOS EDITIONS. ANTONIS TOM. VASILAKIS. TEH 147 CITIES OF ANCIENT CRETE. DION-GRAMMION .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This statue represents a dressed woman and is famous as “The lady of Eleftherna”.
The lady of Auxerre is small Cretan statuette (0.65 metres) that represents a woman wearing Cretan mantle.
Because of the similarity between the two statues, some scholars assume that The lady of Auxerre is from Eleftherna as well.
www.kairatos.com.gr /myweb/ancientcitiesdion-grammion.htm   (3766 words)

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