Calf carrier
The calf support or Moschophoros is an ancient statue from the v 6th century. Chr. The body was in 1864, the base 1887 during excavations on the southeast Acropolis of Athens in the so-called perserschutt found. Today the statue is kept in the Acropolis Museum in Athens.
The around 560 BC The statue, which can be dated to BC, is made of Hymettic marble and is 1.65 m high. The rectangular base is made of limestone . An inscription on the base describes the statue as a dedication from a man named [Rh] ombos, son of Palos. Through this statue he presented Pallas Athene with the image of a sacrifice and thereby placed himself under her protection.
The calf-carrier carries a small sacrificial calf on his shoulders, the head of which is turned forward so that it is level with the man's face. He is dressed in a knee-length coat and has a formerly pointed beard. His hair, stylized as pearls or corals, is held together by a ribbon and falls forward in three braids on either side of his head . The eyes lost today were inserted separately. The muscular forearms of the victim form a cross with the legs of the calf. Remains of blue paint have been preserved on the skin of the calf; the surface of the tape on the head has also been roughened for colored painting.
The calf carrier differs in several details from those in the 6th century BC. Very common Kouroi . In contrast to the youthful and naked figures, he is dressed in a coat and has a beard.
Close up of the moschophoros.
Calf bearer in the Persian rubble, Acropolis of Athens , 1866.
literature
- Reinhard Lullies : Greek sculpture. From the beginning to the beginning of the Roman Empire. 4th, enlarged and completely revised edition. Hirmer, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-7774-3050-1 .
- Wolfgang Schiering : The calf carrier (= Opus Nobile. H. 11, ZDB -ID 536313-5 ). Dorn, Bremen 1958.
Web links
- Object entry for calf carriers in the Arachne archaeological database