Fragmentary marble torso of a man
Unknown
ca. 450–400 BCE · Marble, Pentelic ? · Greek and Roman Art
The elevated shoulder and turned position suggest that the figure was sitting or partly reclining within the pediment of a temple. Bone, musculature, and flesh are articulated with particular sensitivity and skill.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 450–400 BCE
- Medium
- Marble, Pentelic ?
- Culture
- Greek, Attic
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1919
