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Marble statue of a kouros (youth)

Marble statue of a kouros (youth)





Artist : Anonymous

Date : approx. between 590 and 580 B.C.

Material : Marble
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1932)
Item 13 on 25
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture

Area related
Attique (Greece)

Description   

This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The rigid stance, with the left leg forward and the arms at the sides, was derived from Egyptian art. The statue marked the grave of a young Athenian aristocrat.
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