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Bronze youth
Bronze youth
Bronze youth
Artist :
Anonymous
Date : near 470 B.C.
Material : Bronze
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1908)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Greek art at the Sixth through Fourth Century B.C.
Left - Ground Floor - Section 6
Item
28
on 23
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture (Statuette)
Vitrine : V02
Area related
Greece
Description
The gesture of this magnificent nude figure suggests that he is an athlete expressing veneration. The base makes it likely that the work was offered as a dedication.
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