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Torso of a Youth

A work made of marble.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of marble.

Date:

1st-2nd century

Artist:

Roman

About this artwork

Greek masterpieces were copied early and often. The statues of the 4th-century B.C. Athenian sculptor Praxiteles were especially influential. His male figures were usually languid, youthful, and sensuous. The standing figures bore the body’s weight on one taut leg. The other, bent at the knee, was relaxed. The side of the body with the lowered hip had a higher shoulder, resulting in a pronounced S curve. The muscular yet supple body and the opposing diagonal lines of the hips and shoulders of this torso indicate that its sculptor followed Praxiteles’s principles. A swath of drapery across its back may have been draped in the front over one or both of the youth’s arms.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture

Ancient Roman

Title

Torso of a Youth

Place

Roman Empire (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1 CE–200 CE

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

66.2 × 38.7 × 24 cm (25 1/2 × 15 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Robert A. Waller Fund

Reference Number

1926.441

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