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Source Description
This statuette of a male figure has his arms by his sides and his left foot forward in the manner of a Greek Kouros, a type of statue that depicts a nude youth. This statuette is considered the earliest of the surviving bronzes from a large deposit of votive objects (including over 600 bronzes) found in 1838 on Mount Falterona at a site known as the Lake of Idols.
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Document identity
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5562
label
Kouros Votive Figure
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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5562
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kouros Votive Figure
description
This statuette of a male figure has his arms by his sides and his left foot forward in the manner of a Greek Kouros, a type of statue that depicts a nude youth. This statuette is considered the earliest of the surviving bronzes from a large deposit of votive objects (including over 600 bronzes) found in 1838 on Mount Falterona at a site known as the Lake of Idols.
provenance
[Found at Monte Falterona, 1838]; Francesco Capranesi Collection, Rome, by 1844, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Comte James Alexandre de Pourtales-Gorgier, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Catalogue des objets d'art qui composent les Collections de feu M. le Compte de Pourtales-Gorgier, Paris, 6 Feb 1865, p. 111, lot 549; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 550-520 BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
figurines
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
12
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3.7
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3
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 11/16 x W: 1 7/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (12 x 3.7 x 3 cm); Mount H: 7/8 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 1 7/8 in. (2.2 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm)
Source extras
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Etruscan
med
bronze
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6291
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ROM
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none
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