Collection: Athens, Acropolis Museum
Title: Youth from the South Frieze of the Parthenon
Context: From Athens, Acropolis
Findspot: Found at Athens, Acropolis
Summary: Head of a youth, wearing a petasos, facing to the right
Sculptor: Attributed to the workshop of Pheidias
Material: Marble
Sculpture Type: Architectural
Category: Separated fragments
Placement: Frieze
Style: High Classical
Technique: Medium relief
Original or Copy: Original
Date: exact 442 BC - exact 438 BC
Dimensions: H. 0.19 m
Scale: Slightly under life-size
Region: Attica
Period: High Classical
In Whole: Parthenon Frieze

Condition: Single piece

Condition Description: Much of the surface is chipped away, although the face (minus the nose) is well preserved).

Material Description: Pentelic

Associated Building: Athens, Parthenon

Sources Used: Brouskari 1974, 140, fig. 270 (with previous bibliography)