Terracotta fragment of a closed shape

Unknown

4th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

At the top, left calf and foot of a seated, draped figure; below, head, neck, shoulders, arms, and part of the upper torso, in three-quarter view, of a youth holding a sword, inside of a scabbard, in his right hand; the youth has a chlamys wrapped around his waist and is approaching an architectural structure?; at the far right, part of a circumscribed palmette

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011