Votive stele of a self-crowning youth
The votive stele of a self-crowning youth in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens with inventory number 3344 is dated to around 460 BC. Dated.
Only a larger fragment of the previous votive stele has survived . Above the head there is a break point sloping from left to right, also on the lower side at hip level. On the stele, a naked youth is shown, who is shown standing with his head and body to the left. The body is shown in a three-quarter frontal line, the head is turned completely to the left. The left arm hangs down and is pushed back slightly. The right arm is raised and angled almost 45 degrees. The youth held in his hand - an ephebe is probably shown - originally a wreath with which he crowned himself. The wreath has not been preserved. It was certainly made of metal, the nine holes for the attachment are still preserved. They are drilled just below the headband the youth uses to hold his hair together. The hair is wavy and hangs down in short strands to the nape of the neck and the cheek. The upper body and arms appear muscular, although the sculptor has only worked out the structures sparingly.
Preserved paint remains on the left side show that the background of the stele was painted blue in antiquity. The pentelic marble stele was found in 1915 at the Athenian temple of Poseidon at Cape Sunion . The piece obtained is 48 centimeters high and 49.5 centimeters wide. It is one of the few surviving Attic marble originals of the strict style .
literature
- Nikolaos Kaltsas : Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2002 ISBN 0-89236-686-9 , pp. 88-89.
Web links
- Consecration relief with a youth in the Arachne archaeological database