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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 view
ClassificationsSculpture
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
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1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
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about 480 B.C.
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about 470–450 B.C.
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late 5th century B.C.
Dionysos
about 340 B.C.
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4th century B.C.
Goddess or woman
about 325–300 B.C.
Female torso
2nd–1st century B.C.
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about 125–25 B.C. (after a Greek type of the 4th century B.C.