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Kouros   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Kouros
Description
English: 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.
Date circa 530 BC (Archaic Greece
era QS:P2348,Q271834
)
Medium limestone
medium QS:P186,Q23757
Dimensions 59 × 31 × 17 cm (23.2 × 12.2 × 6.6 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
23.279
Place of creation Cyclades, Greece
Object history
  • 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
Credit line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ancient Art Acquisition Fund, 1996
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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