AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE YOUTH

CIRCA 520 B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE YOUTH
CIRCA 520 B.C.
Depicted nude, striding forward with the left leg advanced, the right arm upraised, the left arm lowered, with exaggerated and angular musculature, including pronounced calves and buttocks, and V-shaped clavicles, the circular nipples raised, incised wavy lines along the stomach intersecting to form the oval navel, with convex almond-shaped eyes, the raised lids and modelled brows with incised hatching, a slender nose, a severe mouth down-turned at the corners and a cleft chin, the hair fringed along the forehead and falling in a thick mass to the shoulders, the individual strands incised
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) high

Provenance

European Private Collection, 1970s.
Morris J. Pinto, New York.

Lot Essay

For a related bronze from Chiusi, now in the British Museum, see no. 34 in Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes, where it is suggested that Hercle (Herakles) is intended. Both are missing the hands, but likely once held a club in the raised hand and a bow in the lowered.

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