Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight x width: 40.7 x 39.3 cm (16 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineArchibald Cary Coolidge Fund
Accession number39.552
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1939: with T. Zoumpoulakis, 10 Edward Law, Athens (said to have been found quite close to the Acropolis in Athens); purchased by MFA from T. Zoumpoulakis, April 13, 1939, for $ 6,000.00
530–515 B.C.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
probably A.D. 50–75
about 1st century B.C.
150–100 B.C.
about A.D. 190
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
about 480 B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
about 470–450 B.C.
late 5th century B.C.
about 340 B.C.