Seated Youth
323-31 BCE
Description
Young boy seated on a rock wearing a mantle fastened at the right shoulder and falling in folds below his knees. Feet are clad in high laced boots. Head is turned slightly to the left and topped with short, curly hair. Back is modeled with a square vent hole. Plinth is missing. Extensive repairs visible from inside. (Central figure in photograph) Hard, pale reddish brown clay.
Dimensions
11 x 5 x 6.5 cm (4 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Joseph C. Hoppin; bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
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