Nude youth with a horn

Unknown

19th or 20th century · Bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Yvonne Hackenbroch, in the Untermyer catalogue, quotes a letter of May 15, 1923, from Wilhelm von Bode to an unknown recipient, recommending the statuette as “a very good bronze of the late Quattrocento, unknown to me, rendering a motif of Antiquity in a fine, free manner.” In fairness, it should be noted that Hackenbroch’s marked copy is annotated with a question mark and the word “no.” Indeed, the license taken with this “kouros” is pitifully un-antique, to the point that it would be deceitful to offer it at auction. The surface is pitted and may also have been intentionally battered. -JDD

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th or 20th century

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Italian

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964