Collection: | Berlin, Antikenmuseen |
Title: | Torso of kouros from Naxos |
Findspot: | Found at Naxos |
Summary: | Standing nude youth |
Material: | Marble |
Sculpture Type: | Free-standing statue: kouros |
Style: | High Archaic |
Original or Copy: | Original |
Date: | ca. 550 BC - ca. 540 BC |
Dimensions: | H 1.12 m |
Scale: | Under life-size |
Region: | Cyclades |
Period: | High Archaic |
Condition: Single fragment
Condition Description:
Torso of kouros, broken at the neck, at the right knee, immediately below the left knee and below the left shoulder. Heavily weathered.
Material Description:
white, large-grained marble
Collection History:
Found about 1875 in the city of Naxos. Originally in the collection of Dr. Damiralis of Naxos, it was acquired for the Antikensammlung in 1903.
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