Upper part of a male votive statue

Upper part of a male votive statue

Description:

Upper part of a male votive statue above a standing young man in the Kuros-Scheme.Wide, meaty face with narrow, almond -shaped eyes, brewed brewed, strong chin;The corners of the mouth are slightly raised to the so -called archaic smile.The (originally painted?) Hair is carried out on the dumplings as a closed mass and falls down in the back.Three curls each are down on the chest behind the ears.In the hair a leaf wreath with a corded band and opposite leaves that change the direction above the center of the forehead.In the right ear an earring with eight -leaf rosette.The robe consists of a short -sleeved underneath, which is visible on the neckline and the left upper arm, and from a coat cloth, which is attached on the left shoulder and laid around the fuselage under the right breast.The flat back is neglected in the execution, partly chipped.Bernhard-Walcher u.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna: 1999


H. 50 cm

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 500 BC

Collection:

Vienna Museum

Provenance:

Millosicz, Georg von, Vienna;1889 gift

Accession Number:

Antikensammlung, I 623