Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Running Male Figure
525-510 BCE (Archaic)
solid cast bronze
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
The hips and legs of this athletic youth are seen in profile, in a stiffly bent pose that signified running to the Archaic Greeks. His anatomy has been sculpted in detail, though there is an abrupt and awkward transition between the upper and lower body. The figure once served as a handle, perhaps for the lid of a large vessel.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Sambon Sale, Hotel Drouot, 1903, no. 304, pl. 10; Guilhou Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1905, no. 295; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1979 | Aspects of Ancient Greece. Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown. |
Measurements
H: 3 1/8 x W: 2 5/8 x D: 3/4 in. (8 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1905
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.768