Archaic II

Young man with laurel wreath

Young man with laurel wreath The head of a young man, whose oval face with the low forehead, the almond-shaped, flat eyes, the pointed nose, the closed, smiling mouth and the protruding chin are the characteristic features of the Cyprical-Archic style of the beginning of the 5th centuryv.BC has, comes from a life -size votive statue.A series of small, schematic hunchback frames the face, a laurel wreath above;On the top of the head, the hairstyle is formed by radial strands out of the vertebrae, which are summarized in a roll in the neck.Bernhard-Walcher and others, the Cypricer Antique Collection in the KHM.Collection catalogs of the KHM Vol. 2, Vienna 1999 (V. Karageghis) H. 23 cm