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Kouros Votive Figure
(Roman Empire )
This statuette of a male figure has his arms by his sides and his left foot forward in the manner of a Greek Kouros, a type of statue that depicts a nude youth. This statuette is considered the earliest of the surviving bronzes from a large deposit of votive objects (including over 600 bronzes) found in 1838 on Mount Falterona at a site known as the Lake of Idols.
Provenance
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[Found at Monte Falterona, 1838]; Francesco Capranesi Collection, Rome, by 1844, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Comte James Alexandre de Pourtales-Gorgier, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Catalogue des objets d'art qui composent les Collections de feu M. le Compte de Pourtales-Gorgier, Paris, 6 Feb 1865, p. 111, lot 549; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 4 11/16 x W: 1 7/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (12 x 3.7 x 3 cm); Mount H: 7/8 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 1 7/8 in. (2.2 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
54.102