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Torso of a Kouros

c. 550 BCE

Greece, Archaic period

Medium
marble
Measurements
Overall: 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)
Weight: 70.76 kg (156 lbs.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund 1953.125
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Location
102B Greek
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In antiquity, brightly colored paint would probably have rendered this kouros more lifelike.

Description


Known as a kouros, the ancient Greek word for a youth, this fragmentary statue belongs to a relatively rare type of large-scale stone sculpture made for little more than a century—shortly before 600 BCE to soon after 500 BCE. A nude youth standing with arms to the sides and one foot slightly advanced, the type probably originated under Egyptian influence, but then developed along entirely Greek lines. Found in sanctuaries as well as cemeteries across the ancient Greek world, kouroi may represent gods—especially Apollo—as well as mortals. Although incomplete, this kouros retains much of its beautifully finished and patterned surface.
A life-size marble sculpture with lightly chipped areas of a nude man’s torso and top parts of the thighs. The head, arms, and rest of the legs are broken off.

Torso of a Kouros

c. 550 BCE

Greece, Archaic period

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