Etruscan Bronze Kouros, c. 5th Century B.C.

(Etruscan Kouros)

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Item No.
34.37510
Culture
Etruscan, c. 5th Century B.C. 
Item Details.
Standing nude, unusually depicted with his left arm on his hip and holding a scroll in his right hand. Nicely carved details of the body, face and hair.
Kouros were figures of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth. Used in Archaic Greece as both a dedication to the gods in sanctuaries and as a grave monument, the standard kouros stood with his left foot forward, arms at his sides, looking straight ahead.

Provenance: Fridolin (1903-1969) and Halina (1907-1989) Schwitter-Lagutt Collection, Basel; acquired prior to 1969. Exhibited: On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1969.

Display stand included

Size
8.2 cm H - 3 3/16 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Etruscan
Price.
US$ 3000
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