1916.343: Standing Nude Youth
Sculpture
This object does not yet have a description.
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
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
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.
Related Objects
Verification Level
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu