MAKE A MEME View Large Image Greek - Kouros - Walters 23279.jpg A large stone figure of a nude youth with its left foot forward called a Kouros plural Kouroi was the most common male representation during the Archaic period Usually these statues have their hands by ...
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Keywords: Greek - Kouros - Walters 23279.jpg A large stone figure of a nude youth with its left foot forward called a Kouros plural Kouroi was the most common male representation during the Archaic period Usually these statues have their hands by their sides but this one has the shoulders pulled back and the hands curiously set below the chest The now-missing right hand was either attached to the side like the better-preserved left palm or it was placed close to the body holding an offering Like most Kouroi the statue was probably set in a sanctuary or marked the tomb of a young aristocrat ca 530 BC Archaic limestone cm 59 31 17 accession number 23 279 9831 Family of Comte Hervé de Montalembert Neuilly France acquired in Turkey during the 1930s Jean-Luc Chalmin London Alan Safani Gallery New York Walters Art Museum 1996 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ancient Art Acquisition Fund 1996 place of origin Cyclades Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kouroi in the United States
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