Youth
about 375–325 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueMarble from Mount Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsOverall: 73.5 x 13 cm (28 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number04.283
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
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The relaxed, curvilinear pose, the elongated proportions, and the supple anatomy of this youth show the influence of the famed fourth-century-B.C. Athenian sculptor Praxiteles. The statue may have been part of a funerary monument, placed over a tomb and facing out towards the street; alternately, it may have commemorated an athletic victory or served as a votive dedication in a sanctuary.Henry Lillie Pierce Fund, 1904 04.283
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Caskey, Catalogue of Sculpture, no. 41: from Athens); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, June 19, 1904
about A.D. 150–192; first recut about A.D. 210–267; second recut about A.D. 400
about 420–410 B.C.
about 325–300 B.C.
4th century B.C.
about 330–320 B.C.
about 330–320 B.C.
about 330–325 B.C.
about 350–325 B.C.
late 2nd century B.C. after a late Classical original of around 360 B.C.
about A.D. 100–150
A.D. 98–138
about 325–320 B.C.