CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

As suggested by the surviving remains of the fillet falling over the shoulder, this torso would have represented a victorious athlete.
A small group of similar votive sculptures, close to the modelling of the 'Kritios Boy' with the typical 'contrapposto' pose, have been listed by Gisela M. A. Richter, Kouroi: Archaic Greek Youths, 1970, pp. 148ff., pls 575-584. In particular, a torso with similar pose and proportions is now in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, acc. no. AN1976.192.