Marble torso of a youth

Unknown

1st or 2nd century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

Copy or adaptation of a Greek statue of the 4th century B.C. The sinuous leaning pose of this youth brings to mind a famous statue of Pothos, the personification of erotic longing, that was much copied in the Roman period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st or 2nd century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1913