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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2206.A
Title
Standing Nude Man
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, statuette
Date
4th-1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/47945

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
18 x 7.5 cm (7 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fogg Museum Classical Collection

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2206.A
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Incomplete figurine; missing both arms, and legs from just above the knee. Ornaments on head partly broken.

Standing man, nude. Head turned to right with worried expression. Short curly hair with two protruding ornaments; perhaps wings for a Hermes. Wrinkled forehead; pronounced brow; parted lips. Body curves slightly to right, with right leg engaged. Clasp of cloak on left shoulder. Lysippic proportions: elongated body, small head.

Would have been originally painted, now only traces of white ground are extant.

Hollow. Mold-made. No venthole.

Reddish-brown clay with small particles of mica. Hard-fired.

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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