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Votive statuette depicting a male youthful worshipper
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
about 500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height (including tangs) 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ernest and Virginia Lewisohn Kahn
Accession Number1976.789
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 087.
DescriptionNude male youthful worshipper standing with his legs slightly apart and his large hands outstretched, palms flat and downwards. The figure has tubular and elongated body. He has short hair, with a straight fringe and hair individually rendered by incisions. Big and prominent eyes, arched eyebrows continuing in a small nose, slightly smiling mouth. Tangs project from the feet and are encrusted with lead. The body is deep green with a lighter green patina on arms.
ProvenanceBy 1976: with Peter Sharrer, Ancient Art, Inc., 72 Fairmount Road, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450; purchased by MFA from Peter Sharrer, December 8, 1976 with funds provided by Dr. Ernest and Virginia Lewisohn Kahn