Fragments of a bronze Antikythera Peplophoros (H. 0.50 m): right profile v...
Fragments of a bronze Antikythera Peplophoros (H. 0.50 m): frontal view
| Title: | Antikythera Peplophoros |
| Findspot: | Found at Off the coast of Attica (1901-1902), part of the Antikythera shipwreck. |
| Summary: | Bronze statue of a young woman, wearing a peplos |
| Object Function: | Unknown |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue |
| Category: | Single monument |
| Style: | Late Classical |
| Technique: | Hollow cast |
| Original or Copy: | Copy |
| Date: | ca. 400 BC - ca. 300 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.5 m (restored) |
| Scale: | Under life-size |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Late Classical/Hellenistic |
Subject Description: The young woman wears a peplos, with a long, unbelted overfold, in the style of the Erechtheion caryatids. She stands in a frontal pose, with her right hand at her side, and her left hand held forward, as if she is presenting a votive offering.
Form & Style: Svoronos proposes that the statuette is a copy of Praxiteles' Chloris (seen by
Condition: Fragmentary
Condition Description: Three fragments preserve most of the draped body, including both arms and right hand, part of the head, and part of the right foot. Heavily corroded.
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