The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Statuette of a Youth
c. 520–500 BCE
Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Location: 102D Pre-Roman
Did You Know?
Unusually, this figure places his hand on hip with thumb in front, fingers in back.Description
Cast in one piece with its hollow base (perhaps designed to crown a candelabrum), this small bronze portrays a young man wearing a semicircular cloak adorned with punched circles along its edges. This likely represents an embroidered tebenna, an Etruscan forerunner to the Roman toga praetexta. He appears to stride forward, his right leg trailing behind and right hand extended, perhaps once holding an object.- Said to be from Southern Italy; purchased through Harold Parsons from Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York (According to Dr. Hirsch's notebook. R. Howard, file note, 6/28/29.)
- Richardson, Emeline Hill. “The Etruscan Origins of Early Roman Sculpture.” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 21 (1953): 75–124. Ill. p. 118, fig. 34. doi.orgCooney, John D. “A Miscellany of Ancient Bronzes.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 58, no. 7 (1971): 210–18. Pp. 213-215, fig. 6. www.jstor.org
- {{cite web|title=Statuette of a Youth|url=false|author=|year=c. 520–500 BCE|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.441