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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1916.343
Title
Standing Nude Youth
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
375-325 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Boeotia
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292497

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta, remains of whie slip, traces of paint
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
32.8 x 10.4 cm (12 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Base: 9.9 x 7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward P. Bliss; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1916.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edward P. Bliss
Accession Year
1916
Object Number
1916.343
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tall, slender boy. Chlamys draped over shoulders, falling over arms eaving forearms free. Right arm pendant, hand holding a fold of chlamys. Left arm bent, holding an object (swan?). Left foot slightly forward and to the side. Gentle curve of the body, effeminate type. Elaborate headdress with curls radiating from forehead in a huge mass with a garland looped through upper portion directly beneath crown.

High rectangular plinth, traces of red, back unmodelled. Base made in same mold as figure. Head inserted. Large rectangular vent hole.

Hard pink clay; remains of white slip and traces of iron oxide red.

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