Bronze Relief with a Youth in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011

Title: Bronze relief with a youth

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Greek

Period: Late Classical

Date: 4th century B.C.

Dimensions: Overall: 3 7/8 x 1 7/8in. (9.8 x 4.7cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909

Accession Number: 09.221.25

Description:

The relief was hammered rather than cast, which helps to account for its fragmentary condition. This technical feature also suggests that the relief was a decorative adjunct to a vase or mirror, or possibly part of the cheekpiece of a helmet.

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