Detail of a Statuette of a Bronze Youth in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2010

Title: Bronze youth

Medium; Technique: Bronze

Culture: Greek

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 470 B.C.

Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)

Classification: Bronzes

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908

Accession Number: 08.258.10


Description:

The gesture of this magnificent nude figure suggests that he
is an athlete expressing veneration. The base makes it likely
that the work was offered as a dedication.

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