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Youth
Italic, Etruscan
Early Hellenistic Period
350–250 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number96.663
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 136; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 120 (additional published references).
DescriptionStatuette of a youth, the head is missing. He is nude except for the boots. He stands on his right leg in a hipshot pose, while the left leg is relaxed and bent. His right arm rests on the hip, the left one is along the side. The object held in the left hand is broken off. He stand upon a circular hourglass base set on a rectangular plinth.
The base is ancient and belongs. The patina is green, smooth, and lustrous.
The base is ancient and belongs. The patina is green, smooth, and lustrous.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Purchased in Rome.); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, 1896