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Bronze statuette of a youth

late 5th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 170
This exquisite statue depicts a nude young man with hands raised in the ancient prayer gesture. The facial features, hair, and musculature are all precisely and accurately modeled. The stance and even the hairstyle with long wavy locks parted at the center owe much to Greek sculptures by Polykleitos, especially his Doryphoros and Diadoumenos, copies of which are on display in the Greek galleries. It was perhaps produced in Veii.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bronze statuette of a youth
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: late 5th century BCE
  • Culture: Etruscan
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
  • Classification: Bronzes
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1897
  • Object Number: 97.22.11
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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